Sci-Fi Book # 36 - Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

It feels a bit weird that Cat's Cradle is included on the Sci-Fi list. It doesn't really feel like science fiction but I guess technically it is because it deals with a new invention that pretty much ends up destroying the planet. Kurt Vonnegut is one of my favorite authors and this is one his best book, so of course I loved it. Like most Vonnegut books the story is a bit absurd... it is narrated by a man that is writing a book about one of the (fictional) inventors of the atom bomb. However he gets sidetracked and after learning about the peculiarities of the man's family he ends up visiting a small island nation where the inventor's children are all at. Through a series of unfortunate events this ends up leading to the destruction of most life on Earth. I feel like that description barely scratches the surface of what the book is about... I'd just recommend that you read it. I didn't even mention Bokononism which is a major part of the book... It gets an A.