The Star Diaries

Informationen zum Autor 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 . Klappentext A Jorge Luis Borges for the Space Age - The New York Times Stanislaw Lem's set of short stories, written over a period of twenty years, all feature the adventures of space traveller Ijon Tichy and 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 technology, theology, intelligence and human nature from one of the greatest of science fiction writers Zusammenfassung Written over a period of twenty years, this book features adventures of space traveller Ijon Tichy.

Product details

• Authors: Stanislaw Lem
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.12.2015
• EAN: 9780241240021
• ISBN: 978-0-241-24002-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Science Fiction, FICTION / Science Fiction / General