Vonnegut's Novel About Religion, Apocalypse And Foot Rubbing
Cat's Cradle is a book that sits in rare company with your Great Gatsbys and Catchers in the Rye as one of the few pieces of required reading from high school that everyone actually liked. Pretty good for a book that asks questions about religion and man's maybe-natural destiny to destroy itself.
In this episode of Kurt Vonneguys, Alex and Michael re-examine a book everyone read in their teenage years and decontextualize it through an adult lens. And if you happen to be a teenager and have not read Cat's Cradle, they provide you with an excellent study guide for your upcoming quizzes and tests.
From the Group! (01:00)
Plot Time! (07:45)
Kurt Blurt! (11:40)
Kurt Cameo! (1:53:20)
Recurring Characters! (1:54:40)
VonneWHAT! (1:57:15)
The Meat! (2:07:15)
VonneGrades! (2:12:20)
Movie Time! (2:16:00)
Related Reading! (2:26:10)
Vocab Quiz! (2:33:50)
Vonnegut News! (2:37:00)
Related Reading:
Article: Scientific American: Let's Colonize Titan
Song: 10cc - Sand in My Face (Dynamic Tension)
Book: Ginger Strand - The Brothers Vonnegut
Short Story: Ray Bradbury - The Fire Balloons (in The Illustrated Man)
Book: Will Self - The Book of Dave
Song: Ambrosia - Nice Nice Very Nice
Short Story: Harlan Ellison - The Deathbird (in Deathbird Stories)
Short Story: Harlan Ellison - The Executioner of Malformed Children (in Shatterday)
Book: Robert Heinlein - The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag
Book: John Brunner - The Traveler in Black
