The comic book "Secret Agent X-9" predates the book "Cat's Cradle" by Vonnegut. One of the characters (James Hoenikker) in Cat's Cradle is nicknamed Secret Agent X-9 because, when is school, he was very secretive and was always going somewhere (seemingly like he was always on a "mission"). the lines "So why did they give you that job? And why can they give you that job?" refer to the job James gets because of his connections to the fictional father of the atomic bomb. the line "You'd think this guy was on a permanent vacation" refers to where his new job is located, the fictional tropical island of San Lorenzo. the "timebomb" line and the line "To say what was in that gold box?" refer to the doomsday that he and his siblings share. The song seems to have no connection to Isaac's father, its just a fun little song about a fictional Vonnegut character :)
It's Frank, not James Hoenikker.
Also, I think the lines "So why did they give you that job? And why can they give you that job?" relate to the fact that he gave "Papa" his piece of Ice-nine, which is why he got the job at San Lorenzo.
It's Frank, not James Hoenikker.
Also, I think the lines "So why did they give you that job? And why can they give you that job?" relate to the fact that he gave "Papa" his piece of Ice-nine, which is why he got the job at San Lorenzo.
Hey just dropping by to clarify things sort of.
The comic book "Secret Agent X-9" predates the book "Cat's Cradle" by Vonnegut. One of the characters (James Hoenikker) in Cat's Cradle is nicknamed Secret Agent X-9 because, when is school, he was very secretive and was always going somewhere (seemingly like he was always on a "mission"). the lines "So why did they give you that job? And why can they give you that job?" refer to the job James gets because of his connections to the fictional father of the atomic bomb. the line "You'd think this guy was on a permanent vacation" refers to where his new job is located, the fictional tropical island of San Lorenzo. the "timebomb" line and the line "To say what was in that gold box?" refer to the doomsday that he and his siblings share. The song seems to have no connection to Isaac's father, its just a fun little song about a fictional Vonnegut character :)
It's Frank, not James Hoenikker. Also, I think the lines "So why did they give you that job? And why can they give you that job?" relate to the fact that he gave "Papa" his piece of Ice-nine, which is why he got the job at San Lorenzo.
It's Frank, not James Hoenikker. Also, I think the lines "So why did they give you that job? And why can they give you that job?" relate to the fact that he gave "Papa" his piece of Ice-nine, which is why he got the job at San Lorenzo.