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Centennial Book Discussion: Cat's Cradle

Centennial Book Discussion: Cat's Cradle In-Person

The Centennial Book Discussion Group meets the last Wednesday of every month at 7 PM. Each month, from January 2024 until January 2025, we will be reading a classic work from a different decade. Registration is not required. 

1960s: Cat's Cradle (1963), by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding 'fathers' of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to the world. For he's the inventor of 'ice-nine', a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker's three ecentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean, to madness. Felix Hoenikker's Death Wish comes true when his last, fatal gift to humankind brings about the end, that for all of us, is nigh...

Date:
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Time:
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Conference Room
Audience:
  Adult  
Categories:
  Adult Program     Book Discussion     Library Centennial Event  

Event Organizer

Allie Joyner

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