CAT’S CRADLE

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by Kurt Vonnegut (1963)

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Ice-nine has the power freeze water in an instant. It does this by causing water molecules to “stack and lock” in a manner that would cause great oceans to seize in place if contact occurred. Just one drop, outside of a controlled environment, may be enough to exterminate all earthly life. Needless to say, Ice-nine is a weapon of mass destruction. The product of a military-industrial dream project, Ice-nine was first invented or discovered to eliminate mud on the battlefield, and to counter the sludge and slop experienced during amphibious landings. But then the wonder weapon is released through sheer stupidity and not through any act of war. Same result. Fiction. 206 pages.

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Title: Cat’s cradle

Year: 1963

Author: Kurt Vonnegut

Pages: 206

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Book review by Keith Salter