The Cyberiad
Fables for the Cybernetic Age
$23.79
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
20 October 2020
Summary
A much-loved classic from a giant of European science fiction.
Stanislaw Lem is perhaps the most original and influential European science-fiction writer of the twentieth century.
The Cyberiad, one of Lem’s most beloved works, follows the exploits of Trurl and Klapaucius, two ingenious ‘constructors’. In their adventures through a strange medieval universe they encounter a machine capable of creating anything that starts with the letter ‘N’; kings who oppress their people with…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241467992 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241467993 |
| Author: | Stanislaw Lem |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 20 October 2020 |
| Weight: | 206g |
| Dimensions: | 180mm x 111mm x 23mm |
| Series: | Penguin Science Fiction |
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A giant of 20th-century science fiction
A giant of 20th-century science fiction * Guardian *A Jorge Luis Borges for the Space Age * New York Times *The linguistic inventiveness is extraordinary … Lem has created a curious world in which robots and rockets rub shoulders with kings, dragons, witches and pirates * Independent on Sunday *
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 nanotechnology. 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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