A writer researching the day of the Hiroshima bombing is drawn into the orbit of the Hoenikker family, inventors of ice-nine, a doomsday substance that instantly freezes any liquid it touches. His trail leads to the island nation of San Lorenzo, where the population secretly practices the outlawed, self-admittedly false religion of Bokononism.
Books mentioned in Cat's Cradle (3)
Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace: “The man who wrote Ben Hur was a Hoosier.”
Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters: “Minton now recited a poem from Edgar Lee Masters' the Spoon River Anthology”
The Book of Knowledge: “an advertisement for a set of children's books called The Book of Knowledge”
Books that mention Cat's Cradle (1)
Among Others by Jo Walton: ““Cat’s Cradle?” “Breakfast of Champions, Welcome to the Monkey House.””