First published in 1962, Kurt Vonnegut’s “2 B R 0 2 B” (pronounced like the famous Shakespearean line, “To be or not to be…), imagines a world in which disease has been eradicated and advances in science and technology have made it possible to live forever. But immortality is not without its problems.
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“2 B R 0 2 B” was first offered to ongoing subscribers of the Thornwillow Dispatch in September of 2019. It is offered in two versions. 300 copies are printed letterpress on laid paper and bound in engraved black paper wrappers. 50 copies, individually numbered and signed by the publisher, are printed letterpress on snow paper and bound in engraved scarlet paper wrappers.
Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) was an American author best known for his dark humored and satirical works, such as Slaughterhouse-Five. He was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in