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The Sirens Of Titan

By Kurt Vonnegut

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The Sirens Of Titan

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Welcome to the Best of the Masterworks: a selection of the finest in science fiction 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 . . . A finalist for the 1960 Hugo Award, The Sirens of Titan was Vonnegut's second novel. It received wide acclaim, and played with ideas of free will and predestination, themes he continued to explore in his later works. In 2015, he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. - 'The Sirens of Titan is marvellous. It's so funny it made me want to cry' - Infinity Plus 'A classic, ripe with wit and eloquence and a cascade of inventiveness' - Brian Aldiss 'His best book . . . He dares not only to ask the ultimate question about the meaning of life, but to answer it' - Esquire
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
272
Release Date:
2023-08-24
Publication Date:
2023-08-24
Publisher:
Orion Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1399617222
ISBN13:
9781399617222
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
236 g
Height:
130 cm
Width:
191 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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