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Title: Cats' Cradle Author: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. First published in 1963 by I read the SF Masterworks edition by Orion Group Publishing. Source: Malmö City Library "Told with deadpan humour & bitter irony, Kurt Vonnegut's cult tale of global destruction preys on our deepest fears of witnessing Armageddon &, 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's the inventor of 'ice-nine', a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker's three eccentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean, to madness. Felix Hoenikker's Death Wish comes true when his last, fatal gift to humankind brings about the end, that for all of us, is nigh..."  " Don't be a fool! Close this book at once! It is nothing but  foma !" Cat's Cradle is a classic, and after h...

Title: Harrison Bergeron Author: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Year of publishing: 1961 First published in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Genre: Science fiction, Dystopian Source: Open Culture It is the year 2081. Because of Amendments 211, 212, and 213 to the Constitution, every American is fully equal, meaning that no one is stupider, uglier, weaker, or slower than anyone else. The Handicapper General and a team of agents ensure that the laws of equality are enforced. One April, fourteen-year-old Harrison Bergeron is taken away from his parents, George and Hazel, by the government. What a story this is! Written in short, informative sentences, it puts the reality of this twisted world right in front of you to hear, imagine and be disturbed by. In the distant future, every man and woman in the USA must be equal. Nobody must be smarter, more beautiful or more talented than the next guy. Which means that everybody has to be equally dumb, ugly and socially inept....