https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4982.The_Sirens_of_Titan
>>>>> CONCEPTS
Tralfamadorians - Aliens with the ability to experience reality in four dimensions; meaning, roughly, that they have total perceptive access of past, present, and future. Thus they are able to perceive any point in time at will. They are fatalists, as they know how the universe will end, but cannot do anything to prevent it. Because they believe that when a being dies, it continues to live in other times and places, their response to death is, "So it goes."
Harmoniums - A truly platonic species, without lust, hunger, aggression, or mortal concerns. Harmoniums feed on nearly undetectable vibrations on the planet's surface, called "Mercury's song". They are faintly telepathic, and communicate with an extremely limited language that consists of only two messages: The first is "Here I am." The second, which is an automatic response to the first, is "So glad you are."
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