I did not read Vonnegut's novels in my youth - my taste was for Heinlein, Clarke, Asimov and others. For whatever reason, books such as this one simply did not capture my interest.
Reading The Sirens of Titan now, as an adult, was the result of a desire to see what I'd missed, and I enjoyed this story. In fact, I wondered why I had not given Vonnegut a try much earlier.
This is a very unusual book, enjoyable and with some very clever and surprising twists and turns. Very much different from at least one other science-fiction novel that was its contemporary - Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers - and the difference between the two is probably an indication of my own tastes at the time and why Vonnegut did not appeal to me (then).
Today, I enjoy discovering these gems from my youth, and I'll continue to explore more from Vonnegut. On to
Slaughterhouse-Five
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