Title:
The sirens of Titan / Kurt Vonnegut.
ISBN:
9780385333498
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Dell Pub., [1998]
Physical Description:
326 pages ; 21 cm
General Note:
Originally published in slightly different form: New York : Delacorte Press, ©1959.
"Delta trade paperbacks."
"A Delta book"--Title page verso.
"October 1998"--Title page verso.
Contents:
Between timid and Timbuktu -- Cheers in the wirehouse -- United Hotcake preferred -- Tent rentals -- Letter from an unknown hero -- A Deserter in time of war -- Victory -- In a Hollywood night club -- A Puzzle solved -- An Age of miracles -- We hate Malachi Constant because ... -- Gentleman from Tralfamadore -- Epilogue : Reunion with Stony.
Summary:
Malachi Constant, "the richest man in America," gives up his indulgent lifestyle to follow an urgent calling to probe the depths of space. He participates in a Martian invasion of Earth, mates with the wife of an astronaut adrift on the tides of time, and follows the lure of the "Sirens of Titan."
Program Information:
Reading Counts RC High School 7.1 17 Quiz: 13036 Guided reading level: NR.
Geographic Term:
Audience:
980L Lexile
OCLC Number:
ocm40109265
Availability:
~0
