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	• The Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut The Dial Press, 1998 - 336 pages average customer review:based on 153 reviews view larger image
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Irony All Over the Place

Right up there with my favorites of all time. Jerry Garcia loved it so much that he bought the film rights to ensure that it was never made into a bad movie (like Slapstick). His estate sold it back to KV for $1 a couple of years ago.

S of T is so unique in so many ways. The Church of God the Utterly Indifferent, caves of Mercury, Martian armies armed with sticks. It is a true page turner not just to see what happens to Unk, but to find out where KV is taking us next.

The irony took weeks to sink in. Characters are wonderful and it's just like KV to create a robot that is the most sensitive and soulful of all.

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The best book of it's kind.

This book is almost always found in the science fiction section, only because it defies categorization. The space ships, Martian armies, and other trappings of the genre are only tools that are used to describe Vonnegut's vision of the world.

In a deceptively simple form, he tackles some of the biggest questions about mankind, such the randomness of fate, the failure of religion to explain fundamental questions, and our search for meaning. Sounds like a lot of territory, huh? Most authors wouldn't even try, yet Vonnegut manages to create a book that tries to answer these questions. No book ever written so far has done that of course, but at least he makes some thought-provoking and interesting insights along the way.

If you are a pollyanna that wants the world to appear to be a happy place where the wicked get what they deserve, and the just are rewarded, you will hate this book. Vonnegut's life experiences and somewhat troubled mind color all his work--color it with the cruel, random nature of human existence. (did you catch that Vonnegut-ism in this last sentence?)

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Sirens, Lear & Oddysey

King Lear, The Oddysey and modern frame of reference all rolled into one. An all-time favorite.

Great read.

I had to read this book as a requirement for my AP English IV course. I must say that Vonnegut does an extremely good job of explaining the meaning of life using the most finite, human terms possible. A great read for anybody.

One of Vonnegut's Best.

Up there with Cat's Cradle and Breakfast of Champions, and better than Slaughterhouse Five. This is my personal favorite. Excellent social commentary, intriguing plotline, very funny. Wouldn't suggest it as an introduction to Vonnegut, though it could be worse, for instance, Galapagos would turn lots of readers off (though it is an excellent book as well.), but once you've got a book or two of Vonnegut's under your belt (Cat's Cradle, Bluebeard, or Player Piano are pretty good to start off with) definitely read this.

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