# 2 B R 0 2 B

By Kurt Vonnegut.

"2 B R 0 2 B" by Kurt Vonnegut is a science fiction short story published in 1962. In a future where aging has been cured and lifespans are indefinite, the population is strictly controlled at forty million. For someone to be born, someone else must volunteer to die. At a Chicago hospital, a man awaits the birth of triplets but faces an impossible choice. The story explores the dark consequences of a seemingly perfect world. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Science fiction; Short stories

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## Audiobooks of it

- [2 B R 0 2 B (Dramatic Reading)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/1775) by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (22 min, English)
- [2 B R 0 2 B (version 2) & The Big Trip Up Yonder (version 5)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/7257) by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (47 min, English)

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