#2732
Mentioned in 11 episodes

Cat's cradle

Book • 1963

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Mentioned in 11 episodes

Mentioned by Tim Ferriss as one of Kurt Vonnegut's books.
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Mentioned by Brian Klaas when discussing the idea that life doesn’t need to have a purpose.
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Mentioned by Anita as a book she recently finished reading.
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Mentioned by Tim Harford in relation to his brother Bernard's work and the novel inspired by Irving Langmuir.
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Mentioned by Holly Fry in relation to Kurt Vonnegut's work.
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Mentioned by Tracheopteryx while discussing different legal systems and how reputation works in different contexts.
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Recommended by Jim Rickards as a dark comedic novel about a physicist who creates a doomsday machine.
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Mentioned as the novel where Kurt Vonnegut described the day the world ended.
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Mentioned by Jon Krohn as his all-time favorite work of fiction.
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Mentioned by Jamie Wheal while discussing the shapes of stories and where humanity is in its story.
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Recommended by Jon Stewart as one of his favorite authors.
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Mentioned by Jennifer Kabat , discussing how she reads it not as fiction, but as autobiography.
Jennifer Kabat, "Nightshining" (Milkweed, 2025)
Mentioned by Jennifer Kabat in relation to the weapon created by Vince Schaefer and Bernard Vonnegut, highlighting its fictional representation in Vonnegut's novel.
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Mentioned by Jay Clouse as a source of inspiration for the concept of 'Karass'.
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Mentioned by Jay Clouse as a source of inspiration for a concept that has influenced him for 10 years.
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Mentioned by Thatcher Wine as one of his favorite authors, whose book "Cat's Cradle" he might have considered his favorite at one point.
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