The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut

Winston Niles Rumfoord was happily gallivanting through space when he and his dog, Kazak, entered a chrono-synclastic infundibulum.

The encounter transformed Mr. Rumfoord and Kazak into a wave phenomena whose stretched existence extends between the Sun and Betelgeuse.

Every fifty nine days, when Earth intercepts their wave presence, man and dog materialize in the Rumfoord’s home in Newport for one hour.

These mystical appearances attract a fanatical level of public interest, but potential gawkers are constantly frustrated by Mrs. Beatrice Rumfoord’s commitment to privacy and control.

Due to Winston Niles Rumfoord’s unique state of being, he is not rooted in any particular time frame or era.

Rather, he occupies multiple times simultaneously, giving him perfect knowledge of past, present, and future.

Rumfoord’s predictions of the future horrify his wife, but she grudgingly capitulates to his desire to share a prophecy with Malachi Constant, a wealthy, arrogant playboy.

When Malachi Constant is invited to witness one of Rumfoord’s sacred materializations, he is intrigued and perplexed.

His shock mutates into horror when Winston Niles Rumfoord explains that he has summoned Constant because they have met each other on Titan, one of Saturn’s moon.

Constant is also told that he is destined to have a child with Beatrice Rumfoord on Mars.

Having never traveled beyond Earth’s atmosphere, Constant initially dismisses Rumfoord’s vision.

Gradually, however, he starts to take the forecast more seriously.

Read by: Jay Snyder

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