The Sirens of Titan (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
- First Published: 1959
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—future history
- Time of Work: Between World War II and the Third Great Depression
- Setting: Earth, Mars, Mercury, and Titan (a moon of Saturn)
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Satire
- Subjects: Memory, Twentieth century, Future, Space flight or travel, 1940’s, 1930’s, War, Truth, Wit or humor, Science fiction, Prophecy or prophets, Earth, Christ figures or saviors, Time, Mars, Brainwashing, Amnesia, Mercury
- Locales: Earth, Mars, Titan, Mercury
The Plot
Winston Niles Rumfoord runs his private spaceship into an uncharted chrono-synclastic infundibulum. The result is that he and his dog Kazak exist as wave phenomena, materializing and dematerializing on Earth and on Mars, where Rumfoord plans an invasion of Earth. On Mars, he transforms disaffected Americans into an army, literally washing out their brains through surgical procedures and directing their wills through antennas implanted in their heads. On Earth, Rumfoord lures Malachi Constant, the richest American, into his plot, inviting him to witness his...
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