#vonnegut sirens of titan

[karamazovapologist]

"Look forward to being really in love for the first time, Bea," said Rumfoord. "Look forward to behaving aristocratically without any outward proofs of your aristocracy. Look forward to having nothing but the dignity and intelligence and tenderness that God gave you—look forward to taking those materials and nothing else, and making something exquisite with them."

Kurt Vonnegut, Sirens of Titan (p. 60)

[mapsofnonexistentplaces]

it was her tall, straight figure that mattered most in the display. the details of her face were insignificant. a cannonball, substituted for her head, would have suited the grand composition as well.

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

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From Kurt Vonnegut’s The Sirens of Titan

[life-of-a-rat]

I just think it’s cool…

tralfamadorians are so different between The Sirens of Titan and Slaughter-House Five idk

[funcionoacafe]

“I was a victim of a series of accidents, as are we all.”

Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan

[cure-smiths-headrest]

When the world below me cowers

-to the planets up above,

I’ll find faith in the unrest

-of the tented city mess.

Gattaca | Slaughterhouse-5 - Kurt Vonnegut | Strange News From Another Star - Blur | Kepler-22b - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard | Moon Rock - Talking Heads | Connect The Dots (The Saga of Frank Sinatra) - Car Seat Headrest | The Twilight Zone | Caroline - Coma Cinema | Donnie Darko | Subterranean Homesick Alien - Radiohead | The Killing Moon - Echo and The Bunnymen | Sirens of Titan - Kirt Vonnegut

[tomoleary]

Jim Burns "The Sirens of Titan" by Kurt Vonnegut (Science Fiction Monthly 1976)

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[cptnbeefheart]

my current reading list goal is : finish breakfast of champions -> while mortals sleep -> never whistle alone at night -> are prisons obsolete -> this wheel's on fire 😊🤩

[shisouworks]

タイタンの妖女

The Sirens of Titan: A Novel: Vonnegut, Kurt

[karamazovapologist]

The more pain I train myself to stand, the more I learn. You are afraid of the pain now, Unk, but you won't learn anything if you don't invite the pain. And the more you learn, the gladder you will be to stand the pain.

Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan (p. 125)

[rabothekerabekian]

My top books I read in 2023:

1: Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut) - I love Vonnegut’s writing so much, and Sirens is such a great narrative on free will and loving whoever is around to be loved. (Plus chrono-synclastically-infundibulated is just fun to say)

2: Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison) - already a book about important social issues that are still incredibly relevant today, Ellison’s style portrays a lifelike picture of the politics of race in America.

3: Midnight’s Children (Salman Rushdie) - The language and style of this book make it a delight to read as Rushdie paints an incredible mural across a canvas of Indian historical events interwoven with the supernatural to create an amazing story.

4: Job, A Comedy of Justice (Robert Heinlen) - Excellent satire of fundamentalist religion, packed with jokes and reality shifts, a complex world that goes from Mexico to Kansas to heaven to hell has a lot to say about religion.

5: The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov) - The Devil and his entourage cause chaos in Soviet Moscow, in addition to a narrative about Pontius Pilate. An excellent and absurd premise sets up a criticism of humanity but also a defense of it, both in Judea 2000 years ago and now.

6: Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges) - While the writing can be dense, so much is packed into these short stories parsing the meaning is definitely worth it. Fantastical scenarios act as mirrors to reality and each story leaves just enough to the readers imagination to make it a compelling and thought provoking work about the labyrinthine ways of reality.

7: Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe) - I love novels you can get lost in, and such a rich portrayal of Igbo life easily lends itself to a complex world that many people failed to see about Africa. Important social issues are dealt with and both extreme ways of living are critiqued in a compelling narrative.

8: Bluebeard (Kurt Vonnegut) - A coming of age a going of age and the Armenian diaspora are explored through the life of Abstract Expressionist artists and what it has to say about culture, society, and gender roles. You have to keep reading to see what’s in the potato barn, and when all is revealed it makes a lot of sense for Vonnegut.

9: Kafka on the Shore (Haruki Murakami) - So much happens in the book you are riveted as the chapters bounce between characters. An excellent hook grabs you in and doesn’t let you go. Murakami’s imagination runs wild and this strange reinterpretation of oedipus makes you think.

10: Cat’s Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut) - Newt Hoenikker said it best - “no damn cat, and no damn cradle.”

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Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut Jr

[newlexlothario]

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From Kurt Vonnegut’s The Sirens of Titan

[redangeldragnet1982]

book was so good that now im just sitting here not knowing what to do next