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The Sirens of Titan
Published 1959 by Dell · 326 pages
Hugo · 1960
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4 award entries · 3 books · 0 wins · 1960–1970
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Synopsis
Malachi Constant, the richest and most depraved man on Earth, is drawn into an extraordinary space journey to Mars, Mercury, and Saturn's moon Titan by the mysterious Winston Niles Rumfoord. Through a satirical romp across the solar system, the novel reveals that all of human history has been manipulated by an alien civilization for a trivially absurd purpose.
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