Bokonon

The holy sacrament of Bokononism was a kind of foot massage; the prophet Bokonon himself declared that all his writings were lies designed to make people feel happier; in the prophet's sayings, as Vonnegut presented them, there was a strong Zen element.

And So It Went Tom Shippey 2011

Or how it is on this loopy island nation they're all heading for, where the eldest son of the A-bomb scientist has exiled himself, where Bokonon is both forbidden and universally embraced, and where we might discover the secret of a sinister compound known as "ice nine."

Longacre Lea unravels the twisted string theory of Vonnegut's 'Cat's Cradle' 2010

A calypso musical "Cat's Cradle" appeared recently in New York, inspired by the book's made-up island religion, Bokonon, and Leonardo DiCaprio reportedly has a film version in development.

Longacre Lea unravels the twisted string theory of Vonnegut's 'Cat's Cradle' 2010

The Books of Bokonon from Cat's Cradle, which include the Bokononist last rites:

Boing Boing: April 8, 2007 - April 14, 2007 Archives 2007

At one point, he met the prophet Bokonon, author of "The Books Of Bokonon", on the island of San Lorenzo.

Archive 2009-04-26 Toby O'B 2009

In the real world, Kurt Vonnegut created Bokonon and his spiritual musings for the novel "Cat's Cradle".

Archive 2009-04-26 Toby O'B 2009

So even though Delahoy was reading a novel, the passages from "The Books of Bokonon" were real.

Archive 2009-04-26 Toby O'B 2009

Hazel's obsession with Hoosiers around the world was a textbook example of a false karass, of a seeming team that was meaningless in terms of the ways God gets things done, a textbook example of what Bokonon calls a granfalloon.

In which of the states is it easiest to talk to strangers? Ann Althouse 2009

Bokonon was a character in the novel "Cat's Cradle", and it was from that book which Detective Eric Delahoy of 'The Unusuals' episode: "Crime Slut" read several passages, all of them excerpts from "The Books Of Bokonon".

Archive 2009-04-26 Toby O'B 2009

In Toobworld, Vonnegut recounted the true events of Ice Nine and Bokonon - even if they may have existed in an alternate TV dimension.

Archive 2009-04-26 Toby O'B 2009