Cat's Cradle

Cat's Cradle

First edition hardback cover
Author	Kurt Vonnegut
Original title	Cat's Cradle
Language	English
Genre	Satire, science fiction
Publisher	Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Publication date	March 18, 1963 (1963-03-18)
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardcover and paperback)
Pages	304
ISBN	0-385-33348-X
OCLC	40067116
Preceded by	Mother Night
Followed by	God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

Cat's Cradle is a satirical postmodern novel, with science fiction elements, by American writer Kurt Vonnegut. Vonnegut's fourth novel, it was first published on March 18, 1963,^[1] exploring and satirizing issues of science, technology, the purpose of religion, and the arms race, often through the use of morbid humor.