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Cat's Cradle (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
Kurt Vonnegut
One of America's greatest writers gives us his unique perspective on our fears of nuclear annihilation Experiment.
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It was mentioned in passing as a source of a hypothetical question about the last words ever spoken by humans, with the idea of a scientist exploring a new idea being the final words.
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I'm told, although I don't remember this, someone told me that in one of Kurt Vonnegut's novels, they, he hypothesized what are the last words ever spoken by anyone in the human species?
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Episode: Extended Classic: MythBusters (Part 1)
It was mentioned in passing as a source of a hypothetical question about the last words ever spoken by humans, with the idea of a scientist exploring a new idea being the final words.
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I'm told, although I don't remember this, someone told me that in one of Kurt Vonnegut's novels, they, he hypothesized what are the last words ever spoken by anyone in the human species?
It's one scientist saying to the other, I wonder what happens if we do it this way?
The novel describes a scenario where everyone's passwords are stolen, leading to the government offering a one-time deal to start over with a new identity. The characters also investigate other conspiracies, such as whether Wyoming exists and the suspiciously sequential numbering of city streets.
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You wondered what if absolutely everyone had all their passwords stolen at once? I couldn't resist emailing you to tell you that's the exact setup of my novel, The Nihilistic Cats, which is a really c...
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The novel describes a scenario where everyone's passwords are stolen, leading to the government offering a one-time deal to start over with a new identity. The characters also investigate other conspiracies, such as whether Wyoming exists and the suspiciously sequential numbering of city streets.
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You wondered what if absolutely everyone had all their passwords stolen at once? I couldn't resist emailing you to tell you that's the exact setup of my novel, The Nihilistic Cats, which is a really clever name. The characters also investigate other conspiracies such as whether Wyoming exists and the suspiciously sequential numbering of city streets.
Web world has been hacked. The private information of every American posted to servers, foreign and domestic. So the government makes a special one time offer. Start over with the identity of your choosing and get a spiffy new Ameriphone and clean SSN in return.
The indie reader called this novel over the top fun, the best pop culture novel of 2024.
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