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Summary: Maybe overrated, maybe over preachy, but GREAT!
Review: I haven't read any of Vonnegut's other books (yet), but I certainly will! Thanks to this book, I have been opened up to a new author. I can't say that I'd recommend this one over any of his others, since I haven't read them yet, but I definitely recommend it, period!
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Summary: A black humor about religion and science
Review: It was my first experience with Vonnegut. It was great. Not so hard and not so easy. He basically satires religion and science. Religion is nothing but lies, and science is truth. But even though science is based on proof, so it seems right to us,some bad sciencists don't care about the rest of us. There are two type of scientist--good guys and bad guys. Good scientists are doing their work for human beings just like the way Castle does his jobs. Bad scientists have no moral sense what they are doing. It seems to me he doesn't like religion and science at all.However, he still gives us a good path that science need to follow -- Take care of people rather than kill them. Religion is nothing but lies. But we need religion because we need to lean on that whenever we encounter problems. He also gives us an example of that when papa is dying he does boko-maru which is bokononism ! ritual to feel comfortable. Anyway, this book is great and make think a lot about two basic elements of our life.P.S.-His background would help to understand this book. He majored chemisty at Cornell, and later he attended U. of chicago to study antropology. So he has a balanced background of science and religion.
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Summary: An excellent satire by Kurt Vonnegut
Review: This book is a great read! It was classic Vonnegut satire. An interesting and original plot concieved by one of my favorite authors
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Summary: Cat's Cradle - first and best
Review: Cat's Cradle was the first KV book I read, and I believe the best (first place tie with Breakfast of Champions). Anyone who questions religion (from my point of view the main focus of the book)will find solace and understanding in these pages, while at the same time attain a good perspective into those who are religious. The humor is wickedly true (my favorite being the culmination of a father's love to a young midget: a string game of the book's title with "no damn cat, no damn cradle"). All in all, a book everyone interested in the world around them would enjoy again and again.
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Summary: A very very good book.
Review: I got into Kurt Vonnegut only about a month back at the insistence of a friend, and I've already taken that friend out to lunch twice to show my appreciation!!!!!! This and "Slaughterhouse Five" are two of the best books that I've read in a long long time. Vonnegut's fertile imagination and his totally original way of presenting his stories, along with meaningful and witty and thought provoking content really elevates him to a pedestal few authors have had the honor of climbing. I loved the idea of Bokononism, and strangely, found myself agreeing with most of 'the fomas' that Bokonon sang! One realizes how narrow and petty the human race has become, with all its greed and 'granfalloonism', and if freedom from that necessitates listening to a pack of lies, so be it!! Good work, Mr. Vonnegut. I recommend this book to anyone, whether you just want a hearty laugh or whether you want to partake a spiritual journey. Read it ASAP!!
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Summary: The first of Vonnegut's I read...and the best
Review: I loved this book! The humor, the writing, the philosophical ideas, the characters, everything. Kurt Vonnegut wrote a classic that should be required reading for anyone with a brain. If you haven't already done yourself the favor, READ THIS BOOK!! And if you have, read it again!
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Summary: Vonnegut Perfectly Portrays the Average Lost American
Review: At the nagging of a friend I finally broke down and read a novel by an author unknown to me at the time, Kurt Vonnegut. Although a relatively popular novelist you must understand I am merely a fifteen year old. When I picked up Cat's Cradle and started reading it I instantly began an obsession with the book. I flew through it in the matter of a day. Vonnegut's portrayl of a lonely soul that gets lost on a trail that leads him to foreign lands, but more importantly, leads him to discover a part of himself that relays back to man's most primitive instincts. The way Vonnegut portrays the main character is a direct and personal satire of the attention span of the average person. The main character starts off on a seemingly simple task, and get's caught up in something greater than all of mankind. Personally, my favorite part of the book came with the main character's obsession with the island princess. Vonnegut spent the whole book building up an empire of personality, and personal traits, only to bring it down with the stroke of his fingers. All I can say is, I can't wait to read another.
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Summary: I've never loaned this book and had it returned.
Review: Every single person I've loaned it to has kept the book. I've purchased at least 10 copies over the years (not everyone deserves it whether for good or bad). I worship the ground Kurt Vonnegut walks on, and the is the ONLY book he ever needed to write, well this and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.
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Summary: A wonderful clever page-turner
Review: definately a book a thats more than a little off kilter, but then who isn't these days? its fun to read, and could certainly be called a "cult book" the idea of a karass and bokononism is very clever and facinating. this is a must read
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Summary: How does he do it.
Review: In reading this novel I was amazed by the way in which his mind works. The plot twist, the characters, and an ending which no one could have guessed at. What strikes me the most is the way in which it starts off with a reporter who's researching a book about the atomic bomb, and ends up as the story of the end of the world.
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