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The sirens of Titan

By Kurt Vonnegut

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| Others | 9780340028766

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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 forContinue

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...

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    Unbelievably clever, witty and creative, this book turned me on to the genius that is Kurt Vonnegut.

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    Dave said on Sep 23, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • I can't help it: British "humour" SF just doesn't do it for me. I went through a lot of pain to read the first two books and a half of the hitchikers' saga, but I abandoned this book after 50 pages. There are too many books to read, and to little precious life to waste on books that you don't like a ... (continue)

    I can't help it: British "humour" SF just doesn't do it for me. I went through a lot of pain to read the first two books and a half of the hitchikers' saga, but I abandoned this book after 50 pages. There are too many books to read, and to little precious life to waste on books that you don't like after 50 pages.

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    Demonio Pellegrino said on Jul 7, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • The sci-fi setting is purely an instrument, to let Vonnegut tell his fantastic tale about free will, military criticism and even love.

    Such a bastard, this book! It will make you laugh you ass off and cry without warning! Yet, oddly enough considering my love for Douglas Adams (who was largel ... (continue)

    The sci-fi setting is purely an instrument, to let Vonnegut tell his fantastic tale about free will, military criticism and even love.

    Such a bastard, this book! It will make you laugh you ass off and cry without warning! Yet, oddly enough considering my love for Douglas Adams (who was largely inspired by The Sirens of Titan in writing his Hitchhiker saga), I loved the sad parts best.

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    Luciferasi said on May 21, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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