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Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut
Cat's Cradle is a satirical postmodern novel, with science fiction elements, by American writer Kurt Vonnegut. Vonnegut's fourth novel, it was first published on March 18, 1963, exploring and satirizing issues of science, technology, the purpose of religion, and the arms race, often through the use of morbid humor. The novel was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1964.
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A satire on technology and scientific advance, built around ice-nine: a thankfully fictitious form of water that turns any water it touches into more ice-nine.
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