The Postrat Gospel - a review of Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
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This was originally written for the Astral Codex Ten book review contest, and has been reproduced here now that the finalists have been announced Kurt Vonnegut is difficult to classify. He’s often described as a science fiction writer, but that never struck me as accurate. Many of his stories involve the future or advanced technology, but those elements seem to be afterthoughts in his stories which are actually about mundane human struggles. His novels could plausibly be described as works of philosophy, but what novel couldn’t? What I’ve realized is that Vonnegut
The Postrat Gospel - a review of Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
The Postrat Gospel - a review of Cat’s Cradle…
The Postrat Gospel - a review of Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
This was originally written for the Astral Codex Ten book review contest, and has been reproduced here now that the finalists have been announced Kurt Vonnegut is difficult to classify. He’s often described as a science fiction writer, but that never struck me as accurate. Many of his stories involve the future or advanced technology, but those elements seem to be afterthoughts in his stories which are actually about mundane human struggles. His novels could plausibly be described as works of philosophy, but what novel couldn’t? What I’ve realized is that Vonnegut