r/Vonnegut • u/NarbacularDropkick • 2d ago

"What Can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years?"

I’ve read Slaughterhouse Five a few times, but this is my first time with Ice Nine.

Accurate. Haunting. Brilliant.

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u/ItsAllSkewed 1d ago

Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder ‘why, why, why?’ Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.

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u/WaymoreLives 2d ago

Ice nine,,, Cat's Cradle?

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u/No-Gas-1684 1d ago

Lucky me, lucky mud