Karen Cushman

Karen Cushman

Newbery award-winning children’s book author

Karen Cushman

A list of fantasy books, part 8

The Sirens of Titan

Next up on my list of Favorite Fantasy Novels is Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut.  A riotous adventure through the universe that, like all Vonnegut’s novels, has something deeper to say.

Here’s the official book description:

The Sirens of Titan an outrageous romp through space, time, and morality. The richest, most depraved man on Earth, Malachi Constant, is offered a chance to take a space journey to distant worlds with a beautiful woman at his side. Of course there’s a catch to the invitation–and a prophetic vision about the purpose of human life that only Vonnegut has the courage to tell.

Thank you, Kurt Vonnegut

library“I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles.

“So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.”

― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country