Cat's Cradle

Most people have read Cat's Cradle, so I won't bother to try and hide spoilers. Did you say you hadn't read it? Well, what are you waiting for? This isn't Ulysses, you know, it's short and funny! So, now that it's just us people who know the book, I want to say why I disagree with the criticism you......more

There are two voices inside my head. Let's call them Lore and Enzo. At the moment L & E are quarreling on Cat's Cradle. (...) L) Oh come on! This book is wonderful. Perhaps it's the best novel Vonnegut has ever written. E) Are you kidding me? Have you read the whole of it? L) Of course I've read it fro......more

I've read this book four times. It's better than the Bible, because unlike the Bible, this book knows it's fiction.......more

Progress: scientific revolution, revolution number nine, ice-nine… Science is neutral and it may serve evil as readily as good… After the thing went off, after it was a sure thing that America could wipe out a city with just one bomb, a scientist turned to Father and said, ‘Science has now known sin.......more