The Star Diaries
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- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2016
Summary
A satirical and philosophical set of space adventure stories from one of the best-loved science-fiction writers of the twentieth century.
Stanislaw Lem’s set of short stories, written over a period of twenty years, all feature the adventures of space traveller Ijon Tichy. They recount him spinning in time-warps, spying on robots, encountering bizarre civilizations and creatures in space, and being hopelessly lost in a forest of supernovae.
This is a philosophical satire on tec…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241240021 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241240026 |
| Author: | Stanislaw Lem |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2016 |
| Weight: | 258g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 127mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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A giant of 20th-century science fiction
Lem veers between joyous slapstick, freewheeling satire, and insanely involuted logical paradoxes–with surprisingly serious excursions into issues of will and faith. Funny, unexpected, tantalizing * Kirkus Reviews *
A giant of 20th-century science fiction * The Guardian *
Stanislaw Lem was for 50 years Poland’s premier intellectual of the imagination – John Clute * The Independent *
About The Author
Stanislaw Lem
Stanislaw Lem (1921-2006) was born in Lviv, then part of Poland. He is probably the most original and influential European science-fiction writer since H.G. Wells. Best known in the West for Tarkovsky’s film of his novel Solaris, Lem wrote novels and stories that have been published all over the world. He is credited with anticipating in his writing artificial reality, e-books and nano-technology. His most famous works include The Cyberiad, Mortal Engines, The Star Diaries, The Futurological Congress, Tales of Pirx the Pilot and Solaris.
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