About this title: Told with deadpan humour and bitter irony, Kurt Vonnegut's cult tale of global destruction preys on our deepest fears of witnessing Armageddon and, worse still, surviving it ...Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding 'fathers' of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to the world. For he is the inventor of 'ice-nine', a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker's three ecentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean, to madness. Felix Hoenikker's Death Wish comes true when his last, fatal gift to mankind brings about ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell
Date Published: 1968
Description: Fair. MMPB. CLEAN. SPINE HAS TAPE, SOILED AND TANNED COVERS. HIGHLY TANNED PAGES W/NORMAL READING WEAR. A GOOD READING COPY. Items may or may not have the same cover art as displayed for this item on this site. If you need a specific cover please inquire first. Vinyl is visually graded according to Goldmine. Because of our volume we just don't have time to play test every album, however we would gladly play test any album and it's often a great idea to ask us to do that to avoid disappointment. read more
Edition: 21st Printing
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Dell, New York
Date Published: 1972
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Free upgrade to First Class mail. Older copy with edgewear and pages tanning due to age. Still a good reader. 191 p.; 18 cm. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell Pub Co, New York, U.S. A
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780440111498ISBN:0440111498
Description: Good. Some wear to edges, light creasing and yellowing; good solid book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. ISBN: 0440111498 Inventory No: 078141. read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Dell
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780440111498ISBN:0440111498
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. 191 p. 1982 paperback edition from Dell. VERY GOOD, gift inscription as by "Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. " inside is definately NOT by Vonnegut. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Holt
Date Published: 1963
Description: Acceptable. Book Small tears at spine base. Tanned pages. Front cover crease. Slight Spinal creasing. No store stamps or marks. Slight edgewear. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell
Date Published: 1965
Description: Fair. This is Vonnegut before Slaughterhouse, FIRST dell printing from 1965, condition is fair/poor, complete, clean, but heavy creasing from reading, bottom letters on spine have peeled off, has tanning and age spotting to inside pages. Fun, vintage cover art you must have for your Kurt collection! Complete book. read more
Description: Very Good. 038533348X Mass Market Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light discoloration due to aging and other light wear. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell
Date Published: 1972
Description: Fair. CAT'S CRADLE by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Dell, 1972. Binding: Mass Market Paperback Dust Jacket: No jacket. NOTES: Type: Ex-Library 19th Printing. Dell # 1149 Showing heavy exterior wear/creasing, Ex-library with the usual library markings, otherwise contents are in good, clean, tight condition. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780440111498ISBN:0440111498
Description: Good. Red cover; Dell 1972, seventeenth printing mass market paperback; cover wear; taped spine and part of red at spine missing; dampstain on corner. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Dell Pub Co, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780440111498ISBN:0440111498
Description: Good. Cover has bumping, marks, scuffs, chips, scratches, gauges-Edgewear-Marks on edge-Bumping pgs-Dog-eared-Marks on pgs-Yellowing--Cocked. read more
Description: Fair. B0007DLN5G 21st printing, Oct. 1972. Binding square and tight, with spine creasing, both vertical and horizontal. Front cover has open tear on side edge, long lower corner crease and various edge/shelf wear. Back cover same to lesser extent. Pages clean and unmarked w/ fairly mild age-tanning. Satisfaction guaranteed. Ships Immediately from CA. Free Upgrade to Expedited Shipping. read more
Description: Very good. 2006 Dell Publishing Reprint Softcover(Trade PB) Edition. Some wear to (different)cover, text clean with strong binding. Ships Fast! read more
"I have actually read this book twice. It is extremely forgettable to me, which is funny because The New York Times praises it as being "A free-wheeling vehicle...an unforgettable ride!" I did not intentionally read this book twice. I read it, then I saw it on my shelf and thought I needed to read it since it has been there for awhile. As I started reading it I realized that I had already read it. Oddly, the same thing happened with Slaughterhouse V, also by Vonnegut. His books are so out there that I just can't get interested in them. They are not horrible, but they are so different that I just can't relate to them at all. I guess I like to see myself in characters or I like to be connected to the story somehow. His books seem to be so far fetched that I can't remember them because I never really cared about the characters or the story. But, now that it is fresh in my memory, at least for the time being, I can say that there are some interesting ideas in this book. I like the concept, and I even don't mind the story. There are some interesting characters, but something is just missing for me. I wouldn't advise anyone to stay away from this book, maybe it will appeal to you, but it isn't my favorite."
"Vonnegut's vision of the end of the world by the substance called Ice-9 is a poetic masterpiece in his own unique and darkly humorous style. Like strolling along and smelling beautiful flowers on the way to Armageddon. Wonderful."
"Cat's Cradle is not nearly as good as Slaghterhouse Five. I even prefer the less well-known Galapagos. Perhaps I am just getting old, but there seemed to be too much cleverness to no effect and little substance. Still, there is enough there an well enough written to make it worth the read."
"the stars are because this was the beginning of it all. a vocabulary shaper. a code for those who knew. permission to think and name and laugh and cry without tears. the grateful dead's publishing company took its name from this book."
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