Tralfamadore
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| Tralfamadore | |
|---|---|
| First appearance | The Sirens of Titan (1959) |
| Created by | Kurt Vonnegut |
| In-universe information | |
| Type | Planet |
Tralfamadore is the name of several fictional planets in the novels of Kurt Vonnegut.
- In the 1959 novel The Sirens of Titan, Tralfamadore is a planet in the Small Magellanic Cloud and the home of a civilization of machines.[1][2][3]
- In the 1969 novel, Slaughterhouse-Five, Tralfamadore is the home to organic beings who can see into all times, and are thus privy to knowledge of future events.[2][4]
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References
[edit]- ^ Leeds, Marc. The Vonnegut Encyclopedia. pp. 615–616. ISBN 9780804179928.
- ^ a b Stableford, Brian (1999). "Tralfamadore". The Dictionary of Science Fiction Places. Wonderland Press. p. 308. ISBN 978-0-684-84958-4.
- ^ Clute, John (2023-09-25). "Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ Allen, William Rodney (2009). "Slaughterhouse-Five". In Bloom, Harold (ed.). Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five. Infobase Publishing. pp. 1, 11. ISBN 978-1-60413-585-5.
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