Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut
SF Masterworks
Reviewed by Ian Jamieson
One of the inventors of the atomic bomb has manufactured something even
more devastating; Ice-Nine, a chemical which will freeze all water on Earth
if released.
The inventor has died and the Ice-Nine has been split into three parts by
his children. John, or Jonah has to find the three children and destroy the
deadly cargo they each carry.
An interesting book, but old fashioned, and the continuing references to
the religion of Bokonon, while intriguing at the beginning of the book,
becomes more and more irritating.
Slaughterhouse-5 is far superior.
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