The Sirens of Titan: A Novel
Dec 2007 · Sold by Dial Press
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“[Kurt Vonnegut’s] best book . . . He dares not only ask the ultimate question about the meaning of life, but to answer it.”—Esquire
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
The Sirens of Titan is an outrageous romp through space, time, and morality. The richest, most depraved man on Earth, Malachi Constant, is offered a chance to take a space journey to distant worlds with a beautiful woman at his side. Of course there’ s a catch to the invitation–and a prophetic vision about the purpose of human life that only Vonnegut has the courage to tell.
“Reading Vonnegut is addictive!”—Commonweal
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
The Sirens of Titan is an outrageous romp through space, time, and morality. The richest, most depraved man on Earth, Malachi Constant, is offered a chance to take a space journey to distant worlds with a beautiful woman at his side. Of course there’ s a catch to the invitation–and a prophetic vision about the purpose of human life that only Vonnegut has the courage to tell.
“Reading Vonnegut is addictive!”—Commonweal
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4.6
316 reviews
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May 25, 2010
Rumfoord is a man who keeps materializing out of thin air. Constant is a man who is led on a wild goose chase to Mars, where he discovers that everything that has happened on Earth is so because of the will of an alien needing a part that Constant delivers.
Best book I've read by Vonnegut. Only a master storyteller could tell you the ending at the beginning of the book, and then have it still be a surprise.
Dave Loyal
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August 1, 2018
I'm a big fan of the author, but this one felt unsatisfying while I was
reading, I'm sure there's things I was missing so I'll be looking into
deeper meaning but over all it's a good read
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Kevin Dieterich
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September 26, 2015
Third time reading over 30 years, still a good rambling sci-fi yarn, good characters as typical KV novel.
About the author
Kurt Vonnegut’s humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America’s attention in The Sirens of Titan in 1959 and established him as “a true artist” (The New York Times) with Cat’s Cradle in 1963. He was, as Graham Greene declared, “one of the best living American writers.” Mr. Vonnegut passed away in April 2007.
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