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Chapters: The Cyberiad, Tales of Pirx the Pilot, the Star Diaries. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Cyberiad (Polish: ) is a series of short stories by Stanisaw Lem. The Polish version was first published in 1967, with an English translation appearing in 1974. The main protagonists of the series are Trurl and Klapaucius, the "constructors". The vast majority of characters are either robots, or intelligent machines. The stories focus on problems of the individual and society, as well as on the vain search for human happiness through technological means. Two of these stories were included in the book The Mind's I. Trurl and Klapaucius are brilliant (robotic) engineers, called "constructors" (because they can construct practically anything at will), capable of almost God-like exploits. For instance, on one occasion Trurl creates an entity capable of extracting accurate information from the random motion of gas particles, which he calls a "Demon of the Second Kind". He describes the "Demon of the First Kind" as a Maxwell's demon. On another, the two constructors re-arrange stars near their home planet in order to advertise. The duo are best friends and rivals. When they are not busy constructing revolutionary mechanisms at home, they travel the universe, aiding those in need. Although the characters are firmly established as good and righteous, they take no shame in accepting handsome rewards for their services. If rewards were promised and not delivered, the constructors may even severely punish those who deceived them. The universe of The Cyberiad is pseudo-Medieval. There are kingdoms, knights, princesses, and even dragons in abundance. Robots are usually anthropomorphic, to the point of being divided into sexes. Love and marriage are possibl...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=593807 ... Read more

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Der Erwerb des Buches enthält gleichzeitig die kostenlose Mitgliedschaft im Buchklub des Verlags zum Ausprobieren - dort können Sie von über einer Million Bücher ohne weitere Kosten auswählen. Das Buch besteht aus Wikipedia-Artikeln: Stanisław Lem, Sterntagebücher, Maria Dąbrowska, Solaris, Adam Mickiewicz, Kyberiade, Władysław Bartoszewski, Stanisław Przybyszewski, Bruno Schulz, Polnische Literatur, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Liste polnischer Schriftsteller, Joachim Lelewel, Czesław Miłosz, Witold Gombrowicz, Fiasko, Andrzej Szczypiorski, Stanisław Jerzy Lec, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Leszek Kołakowski, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Wacław Rolicz-Lieder, Ryszard Kapuściński, Adam Asnyk, Dawid Rubinowicz, Ignacy Jeż, Wisława Szymborska, Ewa Lipska, Alfred Szklarski, Tadeusz Borowski, Dorota Masłowska, Andrzej Stasiuk, Bolesław Prus, Marek Hłasko, Olga Tokarczuk, Jerzy Andrzejewski, Die Astronauten, Ignacy Krasicki, Die Kreuzritter, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Erwin Axer, Na marne, Aleksander Wat, Jerzy Stefan Stawiński, Michał Czajkowski, Wanda Wasilewska, Józef Czapski, Summa technologiae, Gustaw Morcinek, Marek Krajewski, Apollo Korzeniowski, Marcin Bielski, Gabriela Zapolska, Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Die Stimme des Herrn, Jacek Dukaj, Rutka Laskier, Martin Cromer, Władysław Broniewski, Nike, Robotermärchen, Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Kazimierz Dunin-Markiewicz, Stanisław Wyspiański, Golem XIV, Tadeusz Różewicz, Quo Vadis, Adam Zielinski, Der futurologische Kongreß, Tadeusz Nowakowski, Jan Kochanowski, Stefan Żeromski, Ryszard Krynicki, Julian Klaczko, Paweł Huelle, Jan Kott, Franciszek Morawski, Chronik des Gettos Lodz/Litzmannstadt, Maria Konopnicka, Tadeusz Konwicki, Narcyza Żmichowska, Adam Zagajewski, Władysław Reymont, Michał Witkowski, Agnieszka Osiecka, Julian Tuwim, Igor Newerly, Zbigniew Herbert, Józef Wybicki, Bożena Intrator, Stefan Meller, Stanisław Barańczak, Jadwiga Łuszczewska, Eden, Transfer, Al...http://booksllc.net/?l=de&id=4680 ... Read more

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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Eric S. Raymond, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. le Guin, Stanisław Lem, Kingsley Amis, James Blish, Brian Aldiss, Bruce Sterling, Theodore Sturgeon, Fritz Leiber, L. Sprague de Camp, Joanna Russ, Damon Knight, Gregory Benford, M. John Harrison, Groff Conklin, Norman Spinrad, Michael Bishop, Brian Stableford, Samuel R. Delany, Thomas Disch, S. T. Joshi, China Miéville, Jack Williamson, Judith Merril, James Nicoll, Fiona Kelleghan, William Tenn, David Langford, Daryl F. Mallett, Charles de Lint, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, H. Bruce Franklin, Lester Del Rey, Spider Robinson, Earl Kemp, Jason Sanford, Michael Swanwick, Jack Speer, Paul Williams, Damien Broderick, Algis Budrys, Kathryn Cramer, Rick Klaw, Bruce Gillespie, Jeff Vandermeer, Charles Platt, Gwyneth Jones, Anthony Boucher, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Lance Olsen, Russell Blackford, Sam Moskowitz, David G. Hartwell, Elizabeth Hand, Michael R. Collings, Gary Westfahl, Darko Suvin, James Gunn, Jean-Louis Trudel, Alexei Panshin, Gordon Van Gelder, John Bangsund, P. Schuyler Miller, Diana Pavlac Glyer, Darrell Schweitzer, Susan Wood, Greg Cox, Andrew M. Butler, Larry Mccaffery, George Turner, Andrew I. Porter, K. Tempest Bradford, Robert Coulson, Tom Shippey, J. O. Bailey, John Joseph Adams, Marleen Barr, John Clute, Farah Mendlesohn, Gérard Klein, Everett Bleiler, Peter Nicholls, Andrew Sawyer, Élisabeth Vonarburg, John Grant, Masami Fukushima, Colin Manlove, Nick Gevers, Neil Barron, John J. Pierce, Maciej Parowski, Niall Harrison, Massimo Del Pizzo, Gary K. Wolfe, Marshall Tymn, Paul Kincaid, Graham Sleight, Brian Attebery, Pierre Versins. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy, and science fiction, especially the...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=13509 ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Stanisław Lem (12 September 1921 - 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer of science fiction, philosophy and satire . He was named a Knight of the Order of the White Eagle. His books have been translated into 41 languages and have sold over 27 million copies.[3] He is perhaps best known as the author of the 1961 novel Solaris, which has twice been made into a feature film. In 1976, Theodore Sturgeon claimed that Lem was the most widely read science-fiction writer in the world. His works explore philosophical themes; speculation on technology, the nature of intelligence, the impossibility of mutual communication and understanding, despair about human limitations and humankind's place in the universe. They are sometimes presented as fiction, but others are in the form of essays or philosophical books. Translations of his works are difficult and multiple translated versions of his works exist. ... Read more

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Title: La vida es un regalo de Dios. (Stanislaw Lem, escritor polaco)(TT: Life is a gift from God) (TA: Stanislaw Lem, Polish writer)(Interview)
Author: Inna Vasilkova
Publication: Siempre! (Refereed)
Date: December 25, 1997
Publisher: Edicional Siempre
Volume: v44Issue: n2323Page: p72(2)

Article Type: Interview

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