Account

Company

  Menu

Description

A deep and meaningful masterpiece of science fiction, full of heart and mind-bending ideas. A true classic, Vonnegut will make you laugh and have you contemplating the meaning of life

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...
Readers love The Sirens of Titan:

'A truly exceptional work by a truly exceptional author expressing some exceptionally powerful ideas' Goodreads reviewer, ? ? ? ? ?

'Vonnegut uses the absurd to explore what makes us human... I recommend this book for any fan of Vonnegut or [Douglas] Adams' Goodreads reviewer, ? ? ? ? ?

'The Sirens of Titan is primarily a parody of trashy pulp science fiction novels, a boisterous, chucklesome book... In this sense, The Sirens of Titan, twenty years early, precedes and foreshadows (and, I would say, is superior to) Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' Goodreads reviewer, ? ? ? ? ?

'There are plenty of space travels in The Sirens of Titan but it isn't a space opera... It is a spaced out satire, a cosmic comedy of manners' Goodreads reviewer, ? ? ? ? ?

'I went into this expecting a science fiction/satire but instead I got an emotionally moving story about the meaning of life by none other than one of the greatest writers that ever lived. Period' Goodreads reviewer, ? ? ? ? ?

'Funny until it suddenly becomes creepy, to tell you why would be a spoiler though... Vonnegut is only using sci-fi as a platform to tell an allegorical story about life, together with an anti-war and anti-religion themes' Goodreads reviewer, ? ? ? ? ?

'This is not just one of Vonnegut's best books. It's one of the best books I've ever read' Goodreads reviewer, ? ? ? ? ?

Tag This Book

This Book Has Been Tagged
It hasn't. Be the first to tag this book!

Our Recommendation

Track It. This book has been £0.99 within the past year.

Notify Me When The Price...

  • £
  • If I'm already tracking this book...

to track this book on eReaderIQ.

Track These Authors

to track Kurt Vonnegut on eReaderIQ.

  • to be notified each time the price drops on any book by Kurt Vonnegut.
  • to stop tracking Kurt Vonnegut.

Price Summary

  • We started tracking this book on August 25, 2023.
  • This book was £4.99 when we started tracking it.
  • The price of this book has changed 7 times in the past 453 days.
  • The current price of this book is £2.99 last checked 2 hours ago.
  • This book is at its lowest price in the past 90 days.
  • This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is £0.99.
  • The lowest price to date was £0.99 last reached on August 9, 2024.
  • This book has been £0.99 one time since we started tracking it.
  • The highest price to date was £4.99 last reached on August 13, 2024.
  • This book has been £4.99 4 times since we started tracking it.

Genres

Additional Info

  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Lending: Disabled
  • Print Length: 256 Pages
  • File Size: 2,396 KB

We last verified the price of this book about 2 hours ago. At that time, the price was £2.99. This price is subject to change. The price displayed on the Amazon.co.uk website at the time of purchase is the price you will pay for this book. Please confirm the price before making any purchases.