2BRO2B

2 B R 0 2 B is the famous science fiction short story by Kurt Vonnegut, originally published in the digest magazine If: Worlds of Science Fiction, January 1962. The title is pronounced "e;2 B R naught 2 B"e;, referencing the famous phrase "e;to be, or not to be"e; 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.