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Cecily
May 30, 2008 rated it liked it
Shelves: usa-and-canada, scifi-future-speculative-fict
Apocalyptic sci fi/utopia revolving around ice-nine (side effect of developing nuclear bombs), with lots of religious philosophy (Bokonism), i.e. that people need the reassurance of beliefs regardless of whether they are true or not - which they aren't.

Note to self: Before rereading, read Manny's review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Dictionary of Bokonism: http://bernd.wechner.info/Bokononism/...
Including:

boko-maru: The mingling of awareness. A Bokononist ritual during which two peopl ...more
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rachel
Jul 08, 2009 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Mildly amusing. Ehhhh.
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Kosh Koshover
Dec 03, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
funny, clever and poignant
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susan
Jan 13, 2013 rated it it was ok
So what's the deal with the never claimed statue at the cemetery and the narrator's last name??? Did I miss something!? ...more
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Felisa
Aug 27, 2007 rated it it was ok
I had to read this for a class in high school. I had no idea what the heck was going on.
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Alexa
Dec 01, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Valerie
Dec 25, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fiction
Jacob
Feb 02, 2025 rated it it was ok
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Shelves: 2010-reads
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Jun 26, 2011 marked it as to-read
Leo Walsh
Dec 17, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Leo Walsh
Jan 25, 2012 rated it it was amazing
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Apr 20, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shelves: science-fiction, hugo
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Patricia Ng
Jul 07, 2014 marked it as to-read
Shelves: postmodernism
Lindsay
Feb 19, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: z-own, z-own-kindle
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