Cat's Cradle

by Kurt Vonnegut | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 0440111498 Global Overview for this book
Registered by GrammarBroad on 6/19/2004
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Journal Entry 1 by GrammarBroad on Saturday, June 19, 2004
Paperback, December 1975 ed.

Still love Vonnegut. He's the best.

"CAT'S CRADLE" is an irreverent and often highly entertaining fantasy concerning the playful irresponsibility of nuclear scientists. Like the best of contemporary satire, it is work of a far more engaging and meaningful order than the melodramatic tripe which most critics seem to consider 'serious.'"

Mail released on 7-13-04 to lyssrose. Enjoy!

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Journal Entry 2 by karendawn from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Tuesday, August 3, 2004
When I arrived in Lafayette on Friday, the book was waiting for me in my mailbox. Yeah! (I didn't have Internet access until today, so I'm sorry about the delay in journaling the book.)

I'm looking forward to reading this one.

Journal Entry 3 by karendawn from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Saturday, August 21, 2004
I don't really know what to make of this book yet. So much is going on in it that I think I need to take more time to think about it and probably to read it again at some point in the future. Lots of ideas: appearance vs. reality, truth, religion, science, war, and perhaps even the meaning (or not meaning) of life.

Journal Entry 4 by karendawn at on Saturday, August 21, 2004
Released on Saturday, August 21, 2004 at Mailed to a fellow Bookcrosser in n/a, n/a Controlled Releases.

off to libertine101 in Australia via airmail

Journal Entry 5 by libertine101 from Perth City, Western Australia Australia on Thursday, August 26, 2004
Thank you karendawn!
Just got it this morning. I will take it into work and reglue the book's spine as its come undone. (Using book glue - I work in a public library :) )
I've heard a fair bit about thsi author but never got round to reading anything by him. He has a cult status so I am very curious....

Journal Entry 6 by libertine101 from Perth City, Western Australia Australia on Wednesday, September 1, 2004
Hmmm...what a curious book! Its satirical, thats for sure, with dark humour that sometimes dips into absurdity. I found the first half of the book more enjoyable than the second..up till the point where the main character goes off to the island.
There's a fair bit of social commentary - fanilies, death, science, scientists, morality, ethics - its all there....but the way in which it was written about..well...I understand the cult status of this author...he's certainly 'off the wall'. I will probably read another of his novels, once I get my hands on one, to properly quench my curiosity.

Journal Entry 7 by libertine101 from Perth City, Western Australia Australia on Wednesday, December 8, 2004
Passed onto twinmaker.

Journal Entry 8 by twinmaker from Winthrop, Western Australia Australia on Thursday, December 9, 2004
picked up today from libertine101 - thanks

Journal Entry 9 by twinmaker at Le Paris Brest Coffee Shop in Kalamunda, Western Australia Australia on Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Released on Monday, January 10, 2005 at about 11:00:00 PM BX time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) at Le Paris Brest in Haynes Street in Kalamunda, Western Australia Australia.

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taken to meetup to release

Journal Entry 10 by curdsandwhey from Perth City, Western Australia Australia on Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Picked up at meetup tonight. Haven't read this author before. Thanks twinmaker!

Journal Entry 11 by sunnyside-up from Bayswater, Western Australia Australia on Sunday, April 2, 2006
Picked up at last Sunday's meetup - looking forward to reading this!

Released 17 yrs ago (5/9/2006 UTC) at Kalamunda Hotel, Railway Rd in Kalamunda, Western Australia Australia

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Really enjoyed this book - hilarious and imaginative!

To be released at BX meetup.

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