Cat's Cradle
A Novel
Random House Publishing Group · Print & ebook · September 8, 1998
“A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride!”—The New York Times Cat’s Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness.
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- Who it’s for
- Playful apocalypse, with Vonnegut’s deadpan glide and a knack for making ideas feel suspiciously fun.
- Genres
- Satire, Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Funny Sci-Fi
- Published
- Random House Publishing Group, September 8, 1998
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“A free-wheeling vehicle . . . an unforgettable ride!”—The New York Times Cat’s Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet’s ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny.
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A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat’s Cradle is one of the twentieth century’s most important works—and Vonnegut at his very best. “[Vonnegut is] an unimitative and inimitable social satirist.”—Harper’s Magazine “Our finest black-humorist . . . We laugh in self-defense.”—Atlantic Monthly
Deadpan Chaos
Playful apocalypse, with Vonnegut’s deadpan glide and a knack for making ideas feel suspiciously fun.
Come here for
- dry, playful sci-fi
- classic-stacked cultural reference points
Expect
- satire with a science-fiction sheen
- easy entry into big, strange questions
Where it sits
| Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic | 70% |
|---|---|
| Funny Sci-Fi | 54% |
| Satire | 40% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Literary Fiction
- Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
- Satire
- Authors
- Kurt Vonnegut, Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Published
- September 8, 1998
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Literary Fiction