# The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

## (discussed September 24, 1998)

On a ten-point scale (1=bad, 10=good), the people who read (and completed!) the book gave the following ratings: [I seem to have misplaced the votes :-(. I will update this page when I find them.]
Average:

Beth Gallman started off the discussion by saying she liked it quite a bit, especially the Harmoniums.

Kerrie Gimmler also liked the book a lot, and agreed with Beth that the Harmoniums were terrific, though the idea of eating them was nauseating.

Kerrie thought that the author hit the nail on the head with his views of humanity. She was initially offended by the character of Boaz, since he seemed such a stereotype, but liked the way Boaz finally got what he wanted out of life.

Kerrie thought that Salo, the alien from distant planet Tralfamadore, was the most human character in the book.

Another thing that Kerrie noticed was the character named Pulsipher; there's a character of the same name in Douglas Adams's The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Finally, Kerrie noted that there was a hint of incest in the note about the Amazon fertility rite ....

Peter Kuchera noted that Malachi was really the main character of the book, rather than