Kurt Vonnegut: The Sirens of Titan (Hardcover, Octopus/Heinemann)
Hardcover, 326 pages
English language
Published by Octopus/Heinemann.
The Sirens of Titan 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.
It started off as a fun and weird scifi book, to a fun and cynical take on the human condition, to a beautiful take on the meaning of life. One of Constants last lines on Titan made tears come to my eyes.
Edit: The more and more I think on it the more I like this book. I will definitely be reading it again at some point.
