A deep and meaningful masterpiece of science fiction full of heart and mind-bending ideas. A
true classic Vonnegut will make you laugh and have you contemplating the meaning of life When
Winston Niles Rumfoord flies his spaceship into a chrono-synclastic infundibulum he is
converted into pure energy and only materializes when his waveforms intercept Earth or some
other planet. As a result he only gets home to Newport Rhode Island once every fifty-nine
days and then only for an hour. But at least as a consolation he now knows everything that
has ever happened and everything that ever will be. He knows for instance that his wife is
going to Mars to mate with Malachi Constant the richest man in the world. He also knows that
on Titan - one of Saturn's moons - is an alien from the planet Tralfamadore who has been
waiting 200 000 years for a spare part for his grounded spacecraft . . . Readers love The
Sirens of Titan: 'A truly exceptional work by a truly exceptional author expressing some
exceptionally powerful ideas' Goodreads reviewer ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Vonnegut uses the absurd to
explore what makes us human . . . I recommend this book for any fan of Vonnegut or [Douglas]
Adams' Goodreads reviewer ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'The Sirens of Titan is primarily a parody of trashy pulp
science fiction novels a boisterous chucklesome book . . . In this sense The Sirens of Titan
twenty years early precedes and foreshadows (and I would say is superior to) Douglas Adams's
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' Goodreads reviewer ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'There are plenty of space
travels in The Sirens of Titan but it isn't a space opera . . . It is a spaced out satire a
cosmic comedy of manners' Goodreads reviewer ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'I went into this expecting a science
fiction satire but instead I got an emotionally moving story about the meaning of life by none
other than one of the greatest writers that ever lived. Period' Goodreads reviewer ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Funny until it suddenly becomes creepy to tell you why would be a spoiler though . . .
Vonnegut is only using sci-fi as a platform to tell an allegorical story about life together
with an anti-war and anti-religion themes' Goodreads reviewer ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'This is not just one
of Vonnegut's best books. It's one of the best books I've ever read' Goodreads reviewer ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
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