2 B R 0 2 B
Author: Kurt Vonnegut
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Languages: English, RU
Genre: Dystopian, Fiction, Satire, Sci-Fi, Short story
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In a world that has cured death, a baby may be born only if someone volunteers to die — and a father of triplets needs three volunteers.
Characters
- The old painter — Muralist: A sardonic two-hundred-year-old painting a mural he despises.
- Edward K. Wehling, Jr. — Father of triplets: A rumpled man of fifty-six waiting for a birth he cannot pay for.
- Dr. Benjamin Hitz — Chief Obstetrician: A booming, handsome doctor who founded Chicago's first gas chamber.
- Leora Duncan — Gas-chamber hostess: A hostess of the Termination Bureau who makes people comfortable while she kills them.
- The orderly — Hospital orderly: A cheerful hospital worker who hums the suicide song of the day.