Cat's cradle

 Normally the type of books I read rarely have a story. (That's one of the reasons I can't seem to complete most of them. Though no one dictated me that I should read only books by old, award winning authors). What they have is more of a feeling and an emotion. That of extreme sadness.

And they also will have memories. Sad memories. Of life wasted. (The last part is mine )

So when I started reading (online ofcourse) Kurt Vonnegaut's Cat's cradle, I was in for a happy surprise. This science fiction has a fast moving story. And excitement - ish. 

The story of the father of Atomic bomb Dr. Hoenikkar. Of course fictional. 

But many of his associates (who were still alive) feel that  he is not a saint and nor a God's gift to the mankind, blah blah blah. He is just dead inside - they felt. 

And like a typical scientist, when he thinks of some thing, he will invent it. For example ice nine. Ice nine is some kind of ice which is having a melting point of hundred fourteen degree Fahrenheit and will immediately freeze water and everything else it comes in contact with. And all living beings too.

Did he invent this ice nine? Of course not, reassures Dr. Breed the head of the institute where Dr. Hoenikkar was working.

But it turned out he had invented it and given it to his children. The midget Newton, the very tall girl Angela and an introvert Franklin. 

Franklin who doesn't even complete his high school lands up a big job in the island country of San  Lorenzo which is ruled by a fascist ruler 'papa' Monzano. 

The country is very poor except for its ruler and an American factory owner Joseph Castle. 

To add yet another twist, there is a kind of a religious leader - who has  created his own religion called Bokononism which has very strange set of rules and rituals. 

And the practicing of Bokononism is prohibited in that country. Except that every one secretly follows that religion. 

After a long time, I am finding an author whose each line is filled with wit and satire. How did I select this author? I was reading an interview with the author of the book Less where he mentioned being inspired by likes of Douglas Adams and Kurt Vonnegaut.