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"It took us that long to realize that a purpose of
human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love
whoever is around to be loved." (Vonnegut:220)
The Sirens of Titan is Kurt Vonnegut's second novel. He has
written it in 1959, seven years after his previous Player Piano.
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.... seven years; second, the
science fiction mode affords the author more
detachment, and he is less didactic in this work;
third, the positive forces, particularly love, carry
more weight." (Reed:66)
The Sirens of Titan has been, as many other Vonnegut's books,
influenced by his experiences from World War Two (The
Fire-bombing of Dresden was a benefit just to one man, to Kurt
Vonnegut. Over the years, he got five dollars for each corpse, as
he himself says.) The war is not the novel's primary t ....
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