Cat's CradleA brilliant science fiction satire from one of the best writers of the twentieth century. Dr Felix Hoenikkera father of the atomic bombhas another creation. Far more dangerous than that which levelled Hiroshima is ice nine, a chemical that could freeze the world's oceans solid. The search for Hoenikker leads first to his three children, each in possession of the chemical, and then to the Republic of San Lorenzo, a mysterious island in thrall to a