Why should the richest and most depraved man in America blast off in his private space ship for parts unknown with the one beautiful woman capable of resisting him? What bizarre design lay behind the Martians' strange invasion of Earth? How can Salo, shipwrecked envoy from Tralfamador, complete his vital mission? When does a novel shaped by he techniques of science fiction become a major literary breakthrough? The Sirens of Titan provides the answers -- in a dazzling display of the prophetic vision and audacious artistry of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.