Talk:The Sirens of Titan

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[edit] Stage version

This is a tricky area, but I think worth exploring and fleshing out. I remember seeing the Organic Theatre Company's version of Sirens in 1977. Most web reports indicate a date of 1974 for when it was initially conceived, but I can only find peripheral references to 1977 performances. I'm trying to verify an April 6, 1977 performance at the Lerner Theatre in Chicago (via the folloing link: http://www.users.muohio.edu/erlichrd/Clockworks%202/Clock2,%205-9%20(thru%202004).htm).

The reason I think it's important to document this adaptation is that when I first saw adverts for the performance at UCLA (and bought tickets to see) I couldn't conceive any way the book could be adapted to the stage. It was brilliantly done.

I'm also trying to verify that Joe Mantegna and Dennis Franz were part of the cast. Any help here?

[edit] New image

A heads up on the new image: I'm currently going through and adding infoboxes for all Hugo Award winners and nominations in the Best Novel category (at least those books that have existing articles, anyway). The info contained in these boxes is prefferably in relation to the first edition printing of the book - including the image, if possible. Quite frankly, I was surprised to see Vonnegut being treated with such pulp-cover nonsense, but then again, it was only his second book. Anyway, if anybody was confused or indignant with the new image, that's the explanation. Personally, I find it to be an interesting addition... who hasn't seen that purple bulk cover? (I moved that just a little further down the article, BTW.) -- Antepenultimate 23:15, 14 December 2006 (UTC)