![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel’s main protagonist is Malachi Constant – a rich, depraved party animal from Hollywood. The Sirens of Titan is set on four different planets, and encompasses a range of complicated and quirky characters. The Sirens of Titan, however, also proved Vonnegut to be one of the greatest satirists and philosophers of his time. It is a book overflowing with spaceships, Martians, intergalactic battles, and tongue-twisters such as “chrono-synclastic infundibula”. It strongly influenced Vonnegut’s reputation as a writer of science-fiction, and The Sirens of Titan is certainly a novel that ticks all the sci-fi boxes. The Sirens of Titan, published in 1959, was Vonnegut’s second novel (after Player Piano, published in 1952). This post was first published by Suite101. The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ![]()
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