Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut
In this novel, the author spatters the targets of religion and science as the hunt for the three children of Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the fathers of the atomic bomb, draws towards the end that, forall of us, is nigh.
Posted by bookworm (1 year ago ) pure pleasure for the mind and the senses. recently "cat's cradle" wondered into my hand, to be hungrily re-red (after more then a decade). it's masterly written, and conveys the wisest ideas, so rarely encou?tered anywhere today (including books), clad in the most colourful and fun apparel.
Posted by Jack-Cade (1 year ago ) 'Cat's Cradle' is one of the best Vonnegut books. Short chapters, plenty of situational jokes alongside the one-liners, b-movie sci-fi effects, eerie autobiographical element and a bleak but big-hearted ending.
And maybe it's because it was one of the first ones I read, but I didn't notice as much as I do in, say, 'God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater' or 'Hocus Pocus', the tendency to use characters as mouthpieces. Vonnegut's voice is so distinctive that when he does this the character becomes a bit of a hollow shell.
Posted by Enzo (1 year ago ) He has an eerie way of making me feel like everything is going to be just fine, even when he tells me the opposite.
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Posted by Edward the Bonobo (1 year ago ) We do (doodley-do) what we must (muddley-must). Anyome fancy a spot of boko-maru
Posted by LilithDorsey (1 year ago ) Mister Vonnegut you will be missed. We shall plan to put our feet together in the afterlife.
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technical book, not my style but... said Bookworm225