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The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age
Stanislaw Lem
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Description for The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age
Paperback.
'A giant of twentieth-century science fiction' Guardian
One of the world's most beloved science fiction writers, Stanislaw Lem was famed for his wryly comic, outlandish imaginings of the relationship between humans and technology. In this playful cosmic fantasia, two 'constructors' compete to dream up ever-more ingenious inventions in a universe beyond reality.
'A Jorge Luis Borges for the Space Age, who plays with every concept of philosophy and physics' The New York Times
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241467992
SKU
9780241467992
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About 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, ... Read more
Reviews for The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age
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
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