Kurt Vonnegut&s Cat&s Cradle is an irreverent & highly entertaining fantasy about the playful irresponsibility of nuclear scientists beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range & All of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies& Dr Felix Hoenikker one of the founding fathers of the atomic bomb has left a deadly legacy to the world For he is the inventor of Ice-nine a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker&s three eccentric children to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean to madness Will Felix Hoenikker&s death wish come true? Will his last fatal gift to humankind bring about the end that for all of us is nigh? Told with deadpan humour & bitter irony Kurt Vonnegut&s cult tale of global apocalypse preys on our deepest fears of witnessing the end & worse still surviving it & The time to read Vonnegut is just when you begin to suspect that the world is not what it appears to be He is not only entertaining he is electrocuting You read him with enormous pleasure because he makes your hair stand on end& New York Times& One of the warmest wisest funniest voices to be found anywhere in fiction& Daily Telegraph& Vonnegut has looked the world straight in the eye & never flinched& J G Ballard Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis in 1922 He studied at the universities of Chicago & Tennessee & later began to write short stories for magazines His first novel Player Piano was published in 1951 & was followed by The Sirens of Titan (1959) Mother Night (1961) Cat&s Cradle (1963) God Bless You Mr Rosewater (1964) Welcome to the Monkey House (1968); a collection of short stories Slaughterhouse Five (1969) Breakfast of Champions (1973) Slapstick or Lonesome No More (1976) Jailbird (1979) Deadeye Dick (1982) Galapagos (1985) Bluebeard (1988) Hocus Pocus (1990) & Timequake (1997) He is also the author of a number of collections of short stories & essays Kurt Vonnegut died in 2007 ...

One of America&s greatest writers gives us his unique perspective on our fears of nuclear annihilation Experiment Told with deadpan humour & bitter irony Kurt Vonnegut&s cult tale of global destruction preys on our deepest fears of witnessing Armageddon & worse still surviving it Solution Dr Felix Hoenikker one of the founding fathers of the atomic bomb has left a deadly legacy to the world For he is the inventor of ice-nine a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker&s three eccentric children to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean to madness Felix Hoenikker&s death-wish comes true when his last fatal gift to mankind brings about an end that for all of us is nigh ...

With his trademark dry wit Kurt Vonnegut&s Cat&s Cradle is an inventive science fiction satire that preys on our deepest fears of witnessing Armageddon
- & worse still surviving it This Penguin Modern Classics edition

Includes:: an introduction by Benjamin Kunkel Dr Felix Hoenikker one of the founding &fathers& of the atomic bomb has left a deadly legacy to humanity For he is the inventor of ice-nine a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet Writer Jonah&s search for his whereabouts leads him to Hoenikker&s three eccentric children to an island republic in the Caribbean where the absurd religion of Bokononism is practised to love & to insanity Told with deadpan humour & bitter irony Kurt Vonnegut&s cult tale of global destruction is a frightening & funny satire on the end of the world & the madness of mankind Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) was born in Indianapolis During the Second World War he was a prisoner in Germany & present at the bombing of Dresden an experience he recounted in his famous novel Slaughterhouse Five (1969) His first novel Player Piano was published in 1951 & since then he has written many novels including The Sirens of Titan Jailbird Deadeye Dick Galapagos & Hocus Pocus If you enjoyed Cat&s Cradle you might like Philip K Dick&s The Man in the High Castle also available in Penguin Modern Classics & One of the warmest wisest funniest voices to be found anywhere in fiction& Sam Leith Daily Telegraph&A free-wheeling vehicle An unforgettable ride!& The New York Times& Vonnegut looked the world straight in the eye & never flinched&JG Ballard


...

By the author of The Handmaid's Tale & Alias Grace Elaine Risley a painter returns to Toronto to find herself overwhelmed by her past Memories of childhood
- unbearable betrayals & cruelties
- surface relentlessly forcing her to confront the spectre of Cordelia once her best friend & tormentor who has haunted her for forty years' Not since Graham Greene has a novelist captured so forcefully the relationship between school bully & victim Atwood's games are played exquisitely by little girls' LISTENERAn exceptional novel from the winner of the 2000 Booker Prize

...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Three Stephen King short stories linked together by the wanderings of a stray cat are dramatised in this horror movie The first sees a chain smoker (James Woods) taking drastic steps to kick the habit the second features a mobster gaining revenge on his wife&s lover & the third has the cat taking centre stage pitting its wits against an evil goblin ...

What is a Category 5e patch cable? Think of it as the street that links the houses on your block & all the destinations in town This cable is used to connect all the hardware destinations on a Local Area Network (LAN) The Cat 5e Patch Cable is perfect for use with 10100 Base-T networks ...

Get the highest value for your cable investment with our Cat 6 cables each one manufactured using high-quality copper conductors ...

The 45PAT15MBL Cat 5e Patch Cable (15m) meets or exceeds all Cat 5e specifications to ensure reliable Ethernet network connections & features a durable blue PVC jacket that enables you to colour code your network cable runs as needed To ensure long-lasting performance this high quality Cat 5e patch cable features a snagless design that protects the RJ45 connector clips from damage & makes the cable less prone to snagging during installation The cable also features molded PVC strain relief that prevents the RJ45 connector termination points from bending at sharp angles
- reducing the risk of cable damage which could decrease network performance Constructed of only finest top quality materials this Cat 5e Patch Cord delivers reliable performance & is backed by our Lifetime Warranty 50-micron gold connectors ensure optimum conductivity while eliminating network signal loss due to oxidation or corrosion RJ45 connector clip protectors help keep the plugs from snagging while routing the cable for easier Cat 5e cable runs Backed by Star Tech lifetime warranty Features RJ45 connector clip protectors Carefully constructed & tested to keep Near End Crosstalk (NEXT) well within acceptable limits Colored Hoods for departmental colour coding Molded strain relief prevents the cable from being bent at sharp angles at the RJ45 connector to minimize the stress at the plug termination point Constructed with finest top quality components High quality 24 AWG copper wire ETL Verified Barcode 065030847216 Cable Colour Black Cable Connector End 1 RJ-45 Cable Connector End 2 RJ-45 Cable Length 15 m Connector Type RJ-45 Form Factor Cable
- Network

...

Get the highest value for your cable investment with our Cat 6 cables each one manufactured using high-quality copper conductors ...

Get the highest value for your cable investment with our Cat 6 cables each one manufactured using high-quality copper conductors ...