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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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So I finished it and I didn't hate it but am saddened that I did not love it. So many people whom I respect love this novel so I'm a little ashamed of myself. I did so want to be on Team Vonnegut and can definitely understand why people love him. I do appreciate many things about his writing - how concise and fast paced his work is, it's sheer brilliance. His characters and plots are fascinating and he really does write some quotable lines/paragraphs; in fact, just yesterday I quoted a paragraph
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One of my favorite books read as a young teen.
It kept reminding me of Kalki, by Gore Vidal, which I know was written AFTER Cat's Cradle but is still a superior book. Maybe I picked the wrong week to give up amphetamines...
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Jun 10, 2008
Mariam
marked it as to-read
Sep 13, 2008
Coqueline
rated it
it was amazing
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read-but-not-owned
Aug 19, 2009
John J.
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it was amazing
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1001beforeyoudie,
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Mar 24, 2010
Jack Ash
marked it as to-read
