My favourite novel is Kurt Vonnegutâs The Sirens Of Titan.
Aside from his use of humour to make compelling (and heart-breaking) statements about the âusefulnessâ of life, I think Vonnegutâs genius here lies in the brevity he affords his really good ideas â of which there are a constellation.Thereâs a three-page aside in which he casually explains that Stonehenge was built by humans under the telepathic influence of a distant planet, just to send reassuring messages to a robot stranded in a broken ship on Mars; viewing Stonehenge from above, the robot reads the arranged shapes in his home planetâs language as âthe parts are on their wayâ.