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A witty book which fascinates a most demanding reader
One wouldn't say Kurt Vonnegut is an easy writer. Yet witty, sarcastic, endearing and painfully truthful in all which deals with human nature and contemporary society - with his seriousness hidden behind the bravade of the sci-fi facade. Out of his many creations "the Sirens" is especially remarkable. The plot is vivid, there are several different story...
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Out on a limb, I guess...
The heavy burden is mine, this is so far a 5/5 and I'm going to trash this puppy. I wanted to just give a quick review, but now I see that I'll have to justify my existance first. OK, here goes. First, I have just reviewed over 10 books, and this was easily the worst. All of the books were also considered classics in one genre or another. Second, I read many...
Veröffentlicht am 20. Oktober 1998 von Steve Janoschka (sjanosch@mind...
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A witty book which fascinates a most demanding reader, 29. Juli 2001
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One wouldn't say Kurt Vonnegut is an easy writer. Yet witty, sarcastic, endearing and painfully truthful in all which deals with human nature and contemporary society - with his seriousness hidden behind the bravade of the sci-fi facade. Out of his many creations "the Sirens" is especially remarkable. The plot is vivid, there are several different story lines, all tied up in one knot later: a rich eccentric American gets lost in space with his pet dog and is turned into a wave; a handsome guy whose father made fortune in business guided by only one book - Bible - thinks somebody above likes him and has all luck in the world, and then he travels to Mars and back to Earth and finally, to Titan; societies overtake one another, personal dramas are interwined with historical processes. All thrilling, brilliant, witty! You laugh even if you don't want to and remain pondering the sad sides of the mankind. Everything is taking place in the far future, but this book does not only reflect the realities of the 60-es when it was actually written, but in fact remains as up-to-date as one could possibly imagine. His ruthless critic of the American values and American way of making history shows solely that Vonnegut dares to use his contemporary realities to show us all that some basic things about a human being are always true; and that the future is in our own hands. He does not provide a clue or a solution, neither he proposes the way out of crisis. He subtly suggests everyone should think with his own head and leaves all questions open. This is the most amazing things about this brilliant book and this is what leaves a swarm of thoghts and a feeling of intellectual satisfaction for a long time after. It is almost a decided fact that once you read it, you would want to come back and read it again.
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Underrated is an understatement for Sirens..., 6. Januar 2000
When people hear the name Kurt Vonnegut, they think of Slaughterhouse 5, or Cat's Cradle, or perhaps even that his books are often burned in high schools around the country for their dim look at human existence. Not to, in any way, down play the importance or greatness of his more famous works, as I love them all, but I must say that Sirens of Titan is superior to his other works. For some reason, perhaps the science fiction aspects of the novel, this book has not received its deserved recognition. I read approximately the first fifty pages thinking that this book would be about the same as his other novels. I almost put it away to start a different one. Thankfully, I pressed on. Literally, a few pages later, I was entranced by the language, the structure, the revealed surprises, and the humanity of The Sirens of Titan. Every time you think he has revealed the best secret of the book, another one reveals itself. This story is wonderfully intertwined between a set of characters, and the meaning of life. I have since read this book three more times, enjoying it more each time through. If you only read another book in your entire life, please let it be this one. Open your heart and your mind, and let Vonnegut pour into them his wisdom and hope for a better tomorrow.
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one of the best, 27. Juli 2005
It is about 1 year ago I read this book, and was talking about it with a friend yesterday. It came to us, how much is happening within not too many pages, and how weird all this happenings fit together.
It is really a pity that Kurt Vonnegut seems to be too unpopular in german-speaking Europe to be a well-known, or rather adored author.This story handles all major topics concerning men for all times - love and hate, the meaning of life, and can we determine our fate somehow, or is it all just a game ? There are no heroes in this book, only victims and losers. Nevertheless it is one of the wittiest and most inventive books I have ever read, and I can only recommend it to every fan of satire and SciFi as well as to the open-minded reader.
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Out on a limb, I guess..., 20. Oktober 1998
The heavy burden is mine, this is so far a 5/5 and I'm going to trash this puppy. I wanted to just give a quick review, but now I see that I'll have to justify my existance first. OK, here goes.First, I have just reviewed over 10 books, and this was easily the worst. All of the books were also considered classics in one genre or another. Second, I read many books and tend to quite optimistically find at least something of value in every one of them. This book bored me near death. It's pedantic sarcasm insulted my intelligence in a manner that is usually restricted to the most annoying yet socially successful dinner guests. Imagine if you will that the charmingly witty, earthy characters from Irving's A Prayer For Owen Meany were overrun by a pack of ugly rabid dogs in the first chapter, and then you had to listen to *why* rabid dogs were rabid dogs, and *why* it's bad to be bitten, ad nauseum. And then watch the characters run around independently, biting other random characters... Let's face it: Kurt Vonnegut is occasionally gut wrenchingly funny. So's Irving. Hell, so's Douglas Adams, and not everyone likes his slapstick. Kurt Vonnegut has an amazing grasp of the English language, especially in narrative description. So do many writers (Mann comes to mind). And occasionally you discover a fantastically rich vein of creative thought (his depiction of the Harmoniums comes to mind). But is this book really funny? A joy to read? Inspiring? Intellectually stimulating? Good commentary? Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. You will laugh occasionally. However, your hit ratio will be worse than your average Saturday Night Live (apologies to non-Western surfers). You will occasionally stop to think, "Boy, that was a turn of phrase that I don't think many writers could pull off." But that's about it. In fact, many of the same themes run through so many of Vonnegut's books that you get the sneaky feeling you've been there before. And I got the sneaky feeling early into this book that no matter what the author was eventually going to half-heartedly pontificate, I was going to yawn off as too little, too late. If you read this one, put a little extra salt and butter on your popcorn, kick up your feet, and expect to move on quickly to your next task, exactly 326 pages later.
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Try something else of him, 26. Dezember 2001
As a simple summary: his other (later) work is much better. More ideas (though there are some nice ones here), more style and more sense in the Vonnegut-type insanity of the story.
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One of the Best, 1. August 2000
This could possible be my favorite novel of all time. Definitley my favorite of Vonnegut thus far. The science fiction elements, the worldly undertones, Vonnegut's trademark style all twist together to form this unmatched work of art. It reads like a movie, so visual it's scary. The characters are unforgettable and the adventure is even more so. A true genius is Vonnegut, and this book proves it again. If I could give it more stars, I would.
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Listen: more sci-fi, more criticism., 29. Juli 2000
More in comparison to his other works, I mean. (Which are still - don't get me wrong - amazing.)About the sci-fi: there are trips to Mercury, Mars, and Titan (one of Saturn's moons). There are plans of an interstellar attack, all run by one man, leading a totalitarian society on Mars by controlling the people who live there with pain-creating antennas implanted in everyone's head. There is time travel, to a certain extent. There are almost-human robots. And this (as mentioned by other critics) is one of the reasons I think this book hasn't been appreciated to its full value. People make a relation between 'extreme sci-fi' and 'lame'. I have made this relation before; this book forced me to bite my tongue. The sci-fi feel of this book only makes it more interesting, in the sense that more becomes possible, and the meaning of life - which is developed often in this book - can be spoken of by many different points of view. Now, about the criticism of humanity: even though Vonnegut is well-known for his criticism and mockery of the human race, NEVER - in any other book - has it been so direct or cruelly honest. You can't help but appreciate the wryness with which he says everything he has to say about us. The banality for reason and meaning of human life in this book is, ironically, depicted in a hiralious and inventive fashion. This book demonstrates - as much as, and maybe more than, his other books - that Vonnegut is the cleverest, most perceptive author out there. Kudos, Kurt, on a book that will never be read for the last time.
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Not representative of Vonnegut's work, but still worth it., 18. Juli 2000
Though I am a fan of Vonnegut, it is still rather obvious that Sirens of Titan is one of his first novels. It is much more science-fiction based than most (all seem to have some science-fiction element, but are not completely relying on the genre), and doesn't possess the usual flippant Vonnegut attitude- this book seems more serious, more dark without giving itself entirely to dark humor.This is certainly not to say that it isn't a great read. Like all Vonnegut books, the characters, if not entirely likeable, are quirky and completely unique, interacting in envirnments that only Vonnegut could envision- The Rumfoord's neglected estate on Earth, Mars, inside the crystal caves of Mercury, and Saturn's moon, Titan. All in all, this is a great read, for Vonnegut fans and newbies to Vonnegut alike- but it should be remembered that this is certainly not as representative of all his work as is the masterpieces Slaughterhouse Five and Cat's Cradle.
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Much better than Hitchhickers, 28. Mai 2000
Gags on about everything here, stock picking, the meaning of life - aliens etc. Homourous and unworthly of sci-fi only designation.
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The Dark Side of Punctuality..., 14. Mai 2000
I agree with the reviewers who feel that this book should be ranked higher in the Vonnegut canon. It has a lot to say, often having to do with Vonnegut's preoccupations with the nature of time, and class, but you can approach it in a number of ways, all with some benefit.What I mean by the title of this review, is something Vonnegut does often here, which sometimes is reminiscent of his Billy Pilgrim character. He explores the meaning of the word "punctual" in the sense of "existing at a point", as a way of looking at points in time. When someone speaks a truth, Rumfoord will appear, and ruefully observe that this person has indeed uttered a truth, but "oh, what a punctual truth", this meaning that the truth spoken will rarely hold up under the perspective afforded by a long overview of time, or in Rumfoord's case, the perspective of actual eternity. The savage dog Kazak is here, so if you are a fan of his from "Breakfast of Champions" or elsewhere, you will not be disappointed. I am depressed about Vonnegut's rendering of Rumfoord, the quintessential upper-class guy, with a very well-depicted upper-class voice, as such a hero. Speaking as an American, it seems to me that Malachi Constant should be more the hero here, as I suppose he is, but in a very tragicomic way. I guess Rumfoord doesn't exactly end up smelling like roses at the end either, so, hey, who knows. Beatrice is interesting too. I felt sorry for her toward the end, but she seemed sort of happy in some ways... All in all, this book does make you think, and it is characteristically peppered throughout with Vonnegut's random telling observations.
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