I'm reading a book by Kurt Vonnegut, "The Sirens Of Titan."
it's such a pleasure to read Vonnegut, I always liked his writing, and in this novel he writes with sly but rollicking humor, like "I'm having such fun with this" (wink wink)--you can imagine hearing him chuckle at his own wit as he puts words to paper.

It's an improbable tale about the abrupt end of space explanation after spaceships encounter a phenomena called "chrono-synclastic-infundibula." But a very rich man named Rumfoord buys his own spaceship and along with his dog, launches himself into space and encounters chrono-synclastic-infundibulim, which is like a funnel that scatters him and his dog through space and time.

Rumfoord and dog make brief re-appearances back on Earth, at his home, every 59 days. Rumfoord summons Mr. Constant, the richest man on Earth to witness an appearance and to tell him what the future holds for him--and Rumfoord's wife, who doesn't want to hear any more of his predictions,
because it concerns Constant and Mrs. Rumfoord having a baby together on Titan.

This is how Vonnegut describes Rumfoord as he dissolves back into space and time:
"Winston Niles Rumfoord vanished slowly, beginning with the ends of his fingers, and ending with his grin.
See you on Titan, said the grin. And then it was gone."

Satiric and funny--what a joy--And I'm only on page 57! Susil