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Kurt Vonnegut - The Sirens of Titan (2nd Hand Paperback)
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SKU B003386
Synopsis
A masterpiece of science fiction from one of America's most celebrated literary voices. Vonnegut's "The Sirens of Titan" explores fate, free will, and the purpose of human existence through a darkly comic interplanetary adventure.
The Sirens of Titan is a comic science fiction novel by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., first published in 1959. His second novel, it involves issues of free will, omniscience, and the overall purpose of human history, with much of the story revolving around a Martian invasion of Earth.
This 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.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Very Good
- Category : Fiction - Science Fiction
- Published : 1959 (This Edition 2004 - SF Masterworks)
- ISBN : 9781407239958
- SKU : B003386
- PPC : LL300gm
- RRP : £7.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
AI Summary : "Customers find this science fiction novel highly readable and wonderfully written, praising its creative storytelling and rich philosophical insights. The book features amazing imagination, with one customer describing it as a "beautifully captured universe," while another notes its multi-layered narrative structure. They appreciate the author's masterful storytelling, with one review highlighting how it combines satire with science fiction, and another noting how the tragic-comic characters are so real they hurt.".
"A classic. Ripe with wit and eloquence, and a cascade of inventiveness." - Brian Aldiss.
"The Sirens of Titan isn’t a space opera . . . It is a spaced out satire, a cosmic comedy of manners."
"I have never known such affection, have never loved a book so completely." - Goodreads Reviews.
The Author
Kurt Vonnegut was a writer, lecturer and painter. He was born in Indianapolis in 1922 and studied biochemistry at Cornell University. During WWII, as a prisoner of war in Germany, he witnessed the destruction of Dresden by Allied bombers, an experience which inspired Slaughterhouse Five. First published in 1950, he went on to write fourteen novels, four plays, and three short story collections, in addition to countless works of short fiction and nonfiction. He died in 2007.