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The Cyberiad
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Author | : Stanislaw Lem |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1976-03-01 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 0380005174 |
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Trurl and Klaupacius are constructor robots who try to out-invent each other. They travel to the far corners of the cosmos to take on freelance problem-solving jobs, with dire consequences for their employers. "The most completely successful of his books... here Lem comes closest to inventing a real universe" (Boston Globe). Illustrations by Daniel Mr—z. Translated by Michael Kandel.
The Cyberiad
Author | : Stanislaw Lem |
Publsiher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0156027593 |
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Trurl and Klaupacius are constructor robots who try to out-invent each other. They travel to the far corners of the cosmos to take on freelance problem-solving jobs, with dire consequences for their employers. The most completely successful of his books ... here Lem comes closest to inventing a real universe (Boston Globe). Translated by Michael Kandel.
The Truth and Other Stories
Author | : Stanislaw Lem |
Publsiher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2021-09-14 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780262366656 |
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Twelve stories by science fiction master Stanisław Lem, nine of them never before published in English. Of these twelve short stories by science fiction master Stanisław Lem, only three have previously appeared in English, making this the first "new" book of fiction by Lem since the late 1980s. The stories display the full range of Lem's intense curiosity about scientific ideas as well as his sardonic approach to human nature, presenting as multifarious a collection of mad scientists as any reader could wish for. Many of these stories feature artificial intelligences or artificial life forms, long a Lem preoccupation; some feature quite insane theories of cosmology or evolution. All are thought provoking and scathingly funny. Written from 1956 to 1993, the stories are arranged in chronological order. In the title story, "The Truth," a scientist in an insane asylum theorizes that the sun is alive; "The Journal" appears to be an account by an omnipotent being describing the creation of infinite universes--until, in a classic Lem twist, it turns out to be no such thing; in "An Enigma," beings debate whether offspring can be created without advanced degrees and design templates. Other stories feature a computer that can predict the future by 137 seconds, matter-destroying spores, a hunt in which the prey is a robot, and an electronic brain eager to go on the lam. These stories are peak Lem, exploring ideas and themes that resonate throughout his writing.
The Cyberiad
Author | : Stanislaw Lem |
Publsiher | : HMH |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2002-12-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780547538518 |
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“Lem has an almost Dickensian genius for vividly realizing the tragedy and comedy of future machines.” —The New York Times Book Review These are the stories of Trurl and Klapaucius, master inventors and engineers known as “constructors,” who have created marvels for kingdoms. Friends and rivals, they are constantly outdoing and challenging each other to reveal the next great evolution in cybernetics, and the exploits of these brilliant men are nothing short of incredible. From tales of love, in which a robotic prince must woo a robotic princess enchanted by pleasures of true flesh, to epics of battle, in which the heroic constructors must use their considerable wit to outsmart a monarch obsessed with hunting, to examinations of humanity, wherein Trurl and Klapaucius must confront the limits of their skills and the meaning of true perfection, these stories are rich with profound questions, unimaginable marvels, and remarkable feats. Hailed as “the most completely successful of [Lem’s] books,” The Cyberiad is an outrageously funny and incomparably wise collection of short stories, taking an insightful look at mechanics, technology, invention, and human ambition (The Boston Globe).
Memoirs Found in a Bathtub
Author | : Stanisław Lem |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Paper |
ISBN | : PSU:000014066702 |
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Depicts a future America where a Uranian virus threatens the destruction of all paper.
Mortal Engines
Author | : Stanisław Lem |
Publsiher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0156621614 |
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Publisher description: Translated from the original Polish text, and with an introduction by Michael Kandel. These fourteen science fiction stories reveal Stainslaw Lem's fascination with artificial intelligence and demonstrate just how surprisingly human sentient machines can be. The first eleven stories, a cycle called "Fables for Robots," are set in a cosmos inhabited exclusively by machines. Revolving around an assortment of electroknights and cyberkings, the stories combine the timeless quality of fairy tales and parables with a twist that is unmistakably Lem.
Microworlds
Author | : Stanislaw Lem |
Publsiher | : HMH |
Total Pages | : 309 |
Release | : 2012-07-18 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780544080157 |
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The author of Solaris critiques science fiction in a collection of provocative essays. Celebrated science fiction master Stanislaw Lem turns his always sharp and insightful pen to criticism in this bold and controversial analysis of the genre for which he is most known. In this collection of ten essays—ranging from an introspective examination of his own biographical and literary history to biting scrutiny of fellow authors and their works—Lem takes a keen look at the influence, shortcomings, merit, and importance of science fiction, touching on topics from Philip K. Dick (“a genius among the charlatans”) to time travel, cosmology, and Jorge Luis Borges. Whether deriding the genre’s tendency to adhere to well-worn patterns of adventure or lauding its ability to, when executed correctly, discover ideas that have not been thought of or done before, Lem’s quick wit, razor tongue, and impeccable insights make Microworlds a master class of scientific and literary analysis from one of the undisputed legends of science fiction.
Lemography
Author | : Peter Swirski,Wacław Michael Osadnik |
Publsiher | : Liverpool Science Fiction Text |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1781381208 |
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'Lemography' is a unique collection of critical essays on Stanislaw Lem, writer and philosopher hailed on more than one occasion as a literary Einstein. Its aim is to introduce aspects of his work hitherto unknown or neglected by scholarship and evaluate his influence on twentieth-century literature and culture - and beyond.