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Book cover of The Sirens of Titan
The Sirens of TitanKurt Vonnegut

Characters in The Sirens of Titan

11 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Malachi Constant

    The richest man in America, convinced his luck is divine favour, swept across the Solar System by forces he cannot see.

Supporting characters

  • Boaz

    A fellow soldier of Malachi Constant's in the Martian army, who grows obsessed with the harmoniums of Mercury.

  • Winston Niles Rumfoord

    A wealthy space explorer who survives a chrono-synclastic infundibulum and appears on planets as a wave phenomenon, knowing past and future.

  • Salo

    A messenger from the planet Tralfamadore whose ship breaks down, leaving him stranded in the Solar System.

  • Beatrice Rumfoord (Bee)

    Rumfoord's wife, an elegant and haughty woman whose life becomes entangled with Malachi Constant's.

  • Chrono

    The son of Malachi Constant and Beatrice Rumfoord, whose birth ties the two families together.

  • Stony Stevenson

  • Noel Constant

  • Ransom K. Fern

  • Kazak

    Rumfoord's dog, who shares his master's fate and travels with him through space.