Cat's Cradle

from la2bkk

An extremely easy read which flows very well. At its best, the book contains dry humor that is insightful and very funny indeed. The author certainly has a talent in this regard. He also has an unusual skill for addressing issues of war, politics and religion without being offputting. Kudos in ...

from greeniezona

I read this as a teenager and had dim but enthusiastic memories of it -- mostly of ice-nine and environmental catastrophe. So I added this to the family story time shelf and ended up reading it out loud to the whole family -- which this book gave me a few moments to regret/question that decision ...

from thisisstephenbetts

Very similar in themes and atmosphere to Galapagos. That one has a much wider scope, whereas this is more synecdochic. The amorality of scientists is also a strong theme here, which I don't remember it being in Galapagos. It's also harsher - there is an almost savage glee in the ending of (in)hum...

from electrascaife

A man sets out to write a book about the end of the world, namely about the making of the atom bomb, but in the process of researching one of the late scientists who worked on the bomb, he stumbles across the man's dysfunctional family, get entangled in the machinations of a poor island dictators...

from electrascaife

A man sets out to write a book about the end of the world, namely about the making of the atom bomb, but in the process of researching one of the late scientists who worked on the bomb, he stumbles across the man's dysfunctional family, get entangled in the machinations of a poor island dictators...