Cat's cradle / Kurt Vonnegut.

By: Vonnegut, KurtMaterial type: TextTextEdition: Dial Press trade paperback editionDescription: xiii, 287 pages ; 21 cmISBN: 038533348X; 9780385333481; 0808520695; 9780808520696Subject(s): End of the world -- Fiction | FictionGenre/Form: Satire. DDC classification: 813/.54 LOC classification: PS3572.O5 | C3 2006Online resources: Sample text | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Contributor biographical information | Sample text | Click here to access online
Contents:
1 The Day the World Ended 1 -- 2 Nice, Nice, Very Nice 2 -- 3 Folly 4 -- 4 A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils 5 -- 5 Letter from a Pre-Med 8 -- 6 Bug Fights 13 -- 7 The Illustrious Hoenikkers 18 -- 8 Newt's Thing with Zinka 19 -- 9 Vice-President in Charge of Volcanoes 20 -- 10 Secret Agent X-9 21 -- 11 Protein 24 -- 12 End of the World Delight 25 -- 13 The Jumping-Off Place 27 -- 14 When Automobiles Had Cut-Glass Vases 30 -- 15 Merry Christmas 32 -- 16 Back to Kindergarten 35 -- 17 The Girl Pool 37 -- 18 The Most Valuable Commodity on Earth 39 -- 19 No More Mud 42 -- 20 Ice-Nine 44 -- 21 The Marines March on 47 -- 22 Member of the Yellow Press 48 -- 23 The Last Batch of Brownies 50 -- 24 What a Wampeter is 52 -- 25 The Main Thing About Dr. Hoenikker 53 -- 26 What God is 54 -- 27 Men from Mars 55 -- 28 Mayonnaise 58 -- 29 Gone, But Not Forgotten 60 -- 30 Only Sleeping 61 -- 31 Another Breed 63 -- 32 Dynamite Money 64 -- 33 An Ungrateful Man 66 -- 34 Vin-Dit 69 -- 35 Hobby Shop 73 -- 36 Meow 77 -- 37 A Modern Major General 79 -- 38 Barracuda Capital of the World 81 -- 39 Fata Morgana 82 -- 40 House of Hope and Mercy 84 -- 41 A Karass Built for Two 86 -- 42 Bicycles for Afghanistan 88 -- 43 The Demonstrator 92 -- 44 Communist Sympathizers 96 -- 45 Why Americans are Hated 98 -- 46 The Bokononist Method for Handling Caesar 99 -- 47 Dynamic Tension 101 -- 48 Just Like Saint Augustine 103 -- 49 A Fish Pitched Up by an Angry Sea 104 -- 50 A Nice Midget 109 -- 51 O.K., Mom 110 -- 52 No Pain 114 -- 53 The President of Fabri-Tek 116 -- 54 Communists, Nazis, Royalists, Parachutists, and Draft Dodgers 118 -- 55 Never Index Your Own Book 119 -- 56. A Self-Supporting Squirrel Cage 123 -- 57. The Queasy Dream 125 -- 58. Tyranny With A Difference 127 -- 59. Fasten Your Seat Belts 129 -- 60. An Underprivileged Nation 132 -- 61. What A Corporal Was Worth 134 -- 62. Why Hazel Wasn't Scared 136 -- 63. Reverent And Free 137 -- 64. Peace And Plenty 139 -- 65. A Good Time To Come To San Lorenzo 141 -- 66. The Strongest Thing There Is 144 -- 67. Hy-U-O-Ook-Kuh! 147 -- 68. Hoon-Yera Mora-Toorz 149 -- 69. A Big Mosaic 150 -- 70. Tutored By Bokonon 153 -- 71. The Happiness Of Being An American 154 -- 72. The Pissant Hilton 156 -- 73. Black Death 159 -- 74. Cat's Cradle 163 -- 75. Give My Regards To Albert Scweitzer 166 -- 76. Julian Castle Agrees With Newt That Everything Is Meaningless 168 -- 77. Aspirin And Boko-Maru 170 -- 78. Ring Of Steel 172 -- 79. Why McCabe's Soul Grew Coarse 174 -- 80. The Waterfall Strainers 176 -- 81. A White Bride For The Son Of A Pullman Porter 180 -- 82. Zah-Mah-Ki-Bo 183 -- 83. Dr. Schlichter Von Koenigswald Approaches The Break-Even Point 185 -- 84. Blackout 187 -- 85. A Pack Of Foma 189 -- 86. Two Little Jugs 191 -- 87. The Cut Of My Jib 194 -- 88. Why Frank Couldn't Be President 197 -- 89. Duffle 199 -- 90. Only One Catch 201 -- 91. Mona 203 -- 92. On The Poet's Celebration Of His First Boko-Maru 205 -- 93. How I Almost Lost My Mona 206 -- 94. The Highest Mountain 210 -- 95. I See The Hook 212 -- 96. Bell, Book, And Chicken In A Hatbox 213 -- 97. The Stinking Christian 216 -- 98. Last Rites 219 -- 99. Dyot Meet Mat 220 -- 100. Down The Oubliette Goes Frank 223 -- 101. Like My Predecessors, I Outlaw Bokonon 225 -- 102. Enemies Of Freedom 227 -- 103. A Medical Opinion On The Effects Of A Writers' Strike 230 -- 104. Sulfathiazole 232 -- 105. Pain-Killer 235 -- 106. What Bokononists Say When They Commit Suicide 237 -- 107. Feast Your Eyes! 239 -- 108. Frank Tells Us What To Do 240 -- 109. Frank Defends Himself 242 -- 110. The Fourteenth Book 244 -- 111. Time Out 245 -- 112. Newt's Mother's Reticule 248 -- 113. History 250 -- 114. When I Felt The Bullet Enter My Heart 252 -- 115. As It Happened 257 -- 116. The Grand Ah-Whoom 259 -- 117. Sanctuary 261 -- 118. The Iron Maiden And The Oubliette 263 -- 119. Mona Thanks Me 267 -- 120. To Whom It May Concern 270 -- 121. I Am Slow To Answer 273 -- 122. The Swiss Family Robinson 275 -- 123. Of Mice And Men 276 -- 124. Frank's Ant Farm 279 -- 125. The Tasmanians 282 -- 126. Soft Pipes, Play On 284 -- 127. The End 286.
Summary: One of Vonnegut's major works, a young writer decides to interview the children of a scientist primarily responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb. This is an apocalyptic tale of the planet's ultimate fate, featuring a cast of unlikely heroes.
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1 The Day the World Ended 1 -- 2 Nice, Nice, Very Nice 2 -- 3 Folly 4 -- 4 A Tentative Tangling of Tendrils 5 -- 5 Letter from a Pre-Med 8 -- 6 Bug Fights 13 -- 7 The Illustrious Hoenikkers 18 -- 8 Newt's Thing with Zinka 19 -- 9 Vice-President in Charge of Volcanoes 20 -- 10 Secret Agent X-9 21 -- 11 Protein 24 -- 12 End of the World Delight 25 -- 13 The Jumping-Off Place 27 -- 14 When Automobiles Had Cut-Glass Vases 30 -- 15 Merry Christmas 32 -- 16 Back to Kindergarten 35 -- 17 The Girl Pool 37 -- 18 The Most Valuable Commodity on Earth 39 -- 19 No More Mud 42 -- 20 Ice-Nine 44 -- 21 The Marines March on 47 -- 22 Member of the Yellow Press 48 -- 23 The Last Batch of Brownies 50 -- 24 What a Wampeter is 52 -- 25 The Main Thing About Dr. Hoenikker 53 -- 26 What God is 54 -- 27 Men from Mars 55 -- 28 Mayonnaise 58 -- 29 Gone, But Not Forgotten 60 -- 30 Only Sleeping 61 -- 31 Another Breed 63 -- 32 Dynamite Money 64 -- 33 An Ungrateful Man 66 -- 34 Vin-Dit 69 -- 35 Hobby Shop 73 -- 36 Meow 77 -- 37 A Modern Major General 79 -- 38 Barracuda Capital of the World 81 -- 39 Fata Morgana 82 -- 40 House of Hope and Mercy 84 -- 41 A Karass Built for Two 86 -- 42 Bicycles for Afghanistan 88 -- 43 The Demonstrator 92 -- 44 Communist Sympathizers 96 -- 45 Why Americans are Hated 98 -- 46 The Bokononist Method for Handling Caesar 99 -- 47 Dynamic Tension 101 -- 48 Just Like Saint Augustine 103 -- 49 A Fish Pitched Up by an Angry Sea 104 -- 50 A Nice Midget 109 -- 51 O.K., Mom 110 -- 52 No Pain 114 -- 53 The President of Fabri-Tek 116 -- 54 Communists, Nazis, Royalists, Parachutists, and Draft Dodgers 118 -- 55 Never Index Your Own Book 119 -- 56. A Self-Supporting Squirrel Cage 123 -- 57. The Queasy Dream 125 -- 58. Tyranny With A Difference 127 -- 59. Fasten Your Seat Belts 129 -- 60. An Underprivileged Nation 132 -- 61. What A Corporal Was Worth 134 -- 62. Why Hazel Wasn't Scared 136 -- 63. Reverent And Free 137 -- 64. Peace And Plenty 139 -- 65. A Good Time To Come To San Lorenzo 141 -- 66. The Strongest Thing There Is 144 -- 67. Hy-U-O-Ook-Kuh! 147 -- 68. Hoon-Yera Mora-Toorz 149 -- 69. A Big Mosaic 150 -- 70. Tutored By Bokonon 153 -- 71. The Happiness Of Being An American 154 -- 72. The Pissant Hilton 156 -- 73. Black Death 159 -- 74. Cat's Cradle 163 -- 75. Give My Regards To Albert Scweitzer 166 -- 76. Julian Castle Agrees With Newt That Everything Is Meaningless 168 -- 77. Aspirin And Boko-Maru 170 -- 78. Ring Of Steel 172 -- 79. Why McCabe's Soul Grew Coarse 174 -- 80. The Waterfall Strainers 176 -- 81. A White Bride For The Son Of A Pullman Porter 180 -- 82. Zah-Mah-Ki-Bo 183 -- 83. Dr. Schlichter Von Koenigswald Approaches The Break-Even Point 185 -- 84. Blackout 187 -- 85. A Pack Of Foma 189 -- 86. Two Little Jugs 191 -- 87. The Cut Of My Jib 194 -- 88. Why Frank Couldn't Be President 197 -- 89. Duffle 199 -- 90. Only One Catch 201 -- 91. Mona 203 -- 92. On The Poet's Celebration Of His First Boko-Maru 205 -- 93. How I Almost Lost My Mona 206 -- 94. The Highest Mountain 210 -- 95. I See The Hook 212 -- 96. Bell, Book, And Chicken In A Hatbox 213 -- 97. The Stinking Christian 216 -- 98. Last Rites 219 -- 99. Dyot Meet Mat 220 -- 100. Down The Oubliette Goes Frank 223 -- 101. Like My Predecessors, I Outlaw Bokonon 225 -- 102. Enemies Of Freedom 227 -- 103. A Medical Opinion On The Effects Of A Writers' Strike 230 -- 104. Sulfathiazole 232 -- 105. Pain-Killer 235 -- 106. What Bokononists Say When They Commit Suicide 237 -- 107. Feast Your Eyes! 239 -- 108. Frank Tells Us What To Do 240 -- 109. Frank Defends Himself 242 -- 110. The Fourteenth Book 244 -- 111. Time Out 245 -- 112. Newt's Mother's Reticule 248 -- 113. History 250 -- 114. When I Felt The Bullet Enter My Heart 252 -- 115. As It Happened 257 -- 116. The Grand Ah-Whoom 259 -- 117. Sanctuary 261 -- 118. The Iron Maiden And The Oubliette 263 -- 119. Mona Thanks Me 267 -- 120. To Whom It May Concern 270 -- 121. I Am Slow To Answer 273 -- 122. The Swiss Family Robinson 275 -- 123. Of Mice And Men 276 -- 124. Frank's Ant Farm 279 -- 125. The Tasmanians 282 -- 126. Soft Pipes, Play On 284 -- 127. The End 286.

One of Vonnegut's major works, a young writer decides to interview the children of a scientist primarily responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb. This is an apocalyptic tale of the planet's ultimate fate, featuring a cast of unlikely heroes.

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