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A review by acsaper
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
5.0
A wildly exciting and all too pertinent read, as are many of Vonnegut's. Have yet to find any author who can better mock all that is wrong with humanity while expounding all that is so special about it! The underlying morals are numerous and free to individual interpretation.
Having refused to be a fan of 'science fiction' I still hesitate to assign the label to Vonnegut as is normally done. His fiction is in many ways more realistic and down to earth than many storytellers; despite being riddled with space dogs, chronosynclastic infundibulators, and Martian Armies.
The Sirens of Titan is a wonderful journey into the futuristic past, and not one to be missed!! To reiterate the Esquire quote on the front cover, Vonnegut "dares not only to ask the ultimate question about the meaning of life, but to answer it."
Having refused to be a fan of 'science fiction' I still hesitate to assign the label to Vonnegut as is normally done. His fiction is in many ways more realistic and down to earth than many storytellers; despite being riddled with space dogs, chronosynclastic infundibulators, and Martian Armies.
The Sirens of Titan is a wonderful journey into the futuristic past, and not one to be missed!! To reiterate the Esquire quote on the front cover, Vonnegut "dares not only to ask the ultimate question about the meaning of life, but to answer it."