The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age

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‘A giant of twentieth-century science fiction’ GuardianOne 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

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Weight 0.203 kg
Dimensions 1.9 × 11 × 18.1 cm
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Paperback

Language

Pages

352

Publisher

Year Published

2020-8-6

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0241467993

About The Author

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.

A giant of 20th-century science fiction

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A Jorge Luis Borges for the Space Age

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