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The richest man in America is sent on a journey across the solar system in this comic science fiction
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What it is about
Malachi Constant is the richest man in America, and he is led into a bizarre trip that takes him to Mars and Mercury. Along the way he learns that human history has been guided by an alien purpose. It is an early Vonnegut novel full of dark humor.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like Vonnegut’s humor.
What you will get
An early novel with ideas that return in later books.
The Sirens of Titan Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Science Fiction · Satire · Space · Free will
Length
319 pages · ≈ 9 h
More about this book
Characters
Malachi Constant, Winston Niles Rumfoord and others.
Setting
Earth, Mars, Mercury and Titan.
What makes it different
A comic space novel about the meaning of life.
Feel
Funny, strange and bittersweet.
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