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The sirens of Titan  Cover Image Book Book

The sirens of Titan / Kurt Vonnegut.

Vonnegut, Kurt. (author.).

Summary:

Malachi Constant, "the richest man in America," gives up his indulgent lifestyle to follow an urgent calling to probe the depths of space. He participates in a Martian invasion of Earth, mates with the wife of an astronaut adrift on the tides of time, and follows the lure of the "Sirens of Titan."

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385333498
  • ISBN: 0385333498
  • Physical Description: 326 pages ; 21 cm.
  • Edition: Dial Press trade paperback edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Dial Press Trade paperbacks, 2009, ©1959.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A novel."--Cover.
Formatted Contents Note:
Between timid and Timbuktu -- Cheers in the wirehouse -- United hotcake preferred -- Tent rentals -- Letter from an unknown hero -- A deserter in time of war -- Victory -- In a Hollywood night club -- A puzzle solved -- An age of miracles -- We hate Malachi Constant because{u2026} -- The gentleman form Tralfamadore.
Subject: Rhode Island > Fiction.
Genre: Science fiction.


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