2 B R 0 2 B (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781981768462)

"2 B R 0 2 B" is a science fiction short story by Kurt Vonnegut, originally published in the digest magazine Worlds of If Science Fiction, January 1962, and collected in Vonnegut's Bagombo Snuff Box (1999). The title is pronounced "2 B R naught 2 B", referencing the famous phrase "to be, or not to be" from William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. In this story, the title refers to the telephone number one dials to schedule an assisted suicide with the Federal Bureau of Termination. Vonnegut's 1965 novel God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater describes a story by this name, attributing it to his recurring character Kilgore Trout, although the plot summary given is closer in nature to the eponymous tale from his short-story collection Welcome to the Monkey House.

Author: Kurt Vonnegut
ISBN-10: 1981768467
ISBN-13: 9781981768462
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 12/17/2017
Pages: 26
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.11lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.05d