Editing Cat's Cradle (section)

==Reception==
After ''[[The Sirens of Titan]]'' (1959) and ''[[Mother Night]]'' (1962) received favorable reviews and sold well in paperback, large publisher [[Holt, Rinehart, and Winston]] issued ''Cat's Cradle'' as a hardcover original.<ref name="latham2009">{{Cite book |title=The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction |last=Latham |first=Rob |publisher=Routledge |year=2009 |isbn=9781135228361 |editor-last=Bould |editor-first=Mark |pages=80–89 |chapter=Fiction, 1950-1963 |editor-last2=Butler |editor-first2=Andrew M. |editor-last3=Roberts |editor-first3=Adam |editor-last4=Vint |editor-first4=Sherryl |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y7CNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA80}}</ref> [[Theodore Sturgeon]] praised ''Cat's Cradle'', describing its storyline as "appalling, hilarious, shocking, and infuriating", and concluded that "this is an annoying book and you ''must'' read it. And you better take it lightly, because if you don't you'll go off weeping and shoot yourself".<ref name="sturgeon196308">{{Cite magazine
 |last=Sturgeon
 |first=Theodore
 |date=August 1963
 |title=Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf
 |url=https://archive.org/stream/Galaxy_v21n06_1963-08#page/n90/mode/1up
 |magazine=Galaxy Science Fiction
 |pages=180–182
}}</ref>

According to ''[[Indianapolis Monthly]]'', "In 1972, the school board in [[Strongsville, Ohio]], banned the book without stating an official reason. Notes from the meeting include references to the book as "completely sick" and "garbage". The ban was overturned in 1976."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/arts-and-culture/banned-books |title=Taboo Titles |date=28 September 2015 |publisher=Indianapolis Monthly |access-date=October 6, 2018}}</ref> Additionally, the book was also challenged in 1982 at [[New Hampshire|New Hampshire's]] Merrimack High School.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bannedlibrary.com/podcast/2017/4/16/banned-93-cats-cradle-by-kurt-vonnegut |title=Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut |website=Banned Library |date=16 April 2017 |access-date=October 6, 2018}}</ref>

''Cat's Cradle'' was nominated for a [[Hugo Award for Best Novel]] in 1964.