The Sirens of Titan (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
- First Published: 1959
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction
- Time of Work: Nightmare Ages, between World War II and the Third Great Depression
- 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
Places Discussed
Chrono-synclastic infundibula. Vaguely defined phenomena in space that serve as something like space and time portals through which living creatures and objects can be simultaneously scattered everywhere between the Sun and Betelgeuse. The first discovery of a chrono-synclastic infundibulum in Earth’s solar system prompted the shutting down of the U.S. space program because of the danger it posed to astronauts. However, the existence of chrono-synclastic infundibula drives the plot. As Wilson Niles Rumfoord explains, when he flew his own spaceship into a...
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