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    Fiasco

    Stanislaw Lem

    ‘A stunningly inventive fantasy about cosmic travel’ - The New York Times

    ‘There were two kinds of landscape characteristic of the inner planets of the Sun- the purposeful and the…

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    Mortal Engines

    Stanislaw Lem

    These fourteen science fiction stories reveal Lem’s fascination with artificial intelligence and demonstrate just how surprisingly human sentient machines can be. Written in the form of grotesque folk fairy tales…

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    Solaris

    Stanislaw Lem

    The classic sci-fi novel in a beautiful new edition.

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    The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age

    Stanislaw Lem

    ‘Most cosmic civilizations long for things, in the depths of their souls, they would never openly admit to…’ Trurl and Klapaucius are ‘constructors’ - they travel around the universe creating…

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    The Futurological Congress

    Stanislaw Lem

    Very late in the 20th century, the narrator, Tichy, accidentally sets out on a journey of discovery that will peel away successive layers of illusion on a nightmare voyage to…

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    The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age

    Stanislaw Lem

    ‘Most cosmic civilizations long for things, in the depths of their souls, they would never openly admit to…’ Trurl and Klapaucius are ‘constructors’ - they travel around the universe creating…

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    The Three Electroknights

    Stanislaw Lem

    Fifty new books at e1 each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry

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    His Master’s Voice

    Stanislaw Lem

    Scientists attempt to decode what may be a message from intelligent beings in outer space.

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    Stanislaw Lem: Philosopher of the Future

    Peter Swirski (University of Missouri-St Louis (United States))

    Stanislaw Lem: Philosopher of the Future brings a welter of unknown elements of Lem’s life, career, and literary legacy to light in order to mete out cognitive justice to the…

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    Stanislaw Lem: Philosopher of the Future

    Peter Swirski (University of Missouri-St Louis (United States))

    Stanislaw Lem: Philosopher of the Future brings a welter of unknown elements of Lem’s life, career, and literary legacy to light in order to mete out cognitive justice to the…

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    Tales of Pirx the Pilot

    Stanislaw Lem

    Translation of: Opowiaesci o pilocie Pirxie.

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    A Perfect Vacuum

    Stanislaw Lem

    A collection of reviews of 16 imaginary books from the author of Memoirs of a Space Traveller and More Tales of Pirx the Pilot .

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    Eden

    Stanislaw Lem

    A six-man crew crash-lands on Eden, fourth planet from another sun. The men find a strange world that grows ever stranger, and everywhere there are images of death. The crew’s…

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    Microworlds: Writings on Science Fiction and Fantasy

    Stanislaw Lem

    In this bold and controversial examination of the past, present, and future of science fiction, Lem informs the raging debate over the literary merit of the genre with ten arch…

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    Mortal Engines

    Stanislaw Lem

    These fourteen science fiction stories reveal Lem’s fascination with artificial intelligence and demonstrate just how surprisingly human sentient machines can be. Written in the form of grotesque folk fairy tales…

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    Memoirs Found in a Bathtub

    Stanislaw Lem

    The year is 3149, and a vast paper destroying blight-papyralysis-has obliterated much of the planet’s written history. However, these rare memoirs, preserved for centuries in a volcanic rock, record the…

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    The Chain of Chance

    Stanislaw Lem

    A former astronaut turned private detective goes on the trail in a futuristic Italy to discover why a number of people have died mysteriously. The investigation takes him to a…

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    The Investigation

    Stanislaw Lem

    A young officer at Scotland Yard is assigned to investigate a puzzling and eerie case of missing-and apparently resurrected-bodies. To unravel the mystery, Lt. Gregory consults scientific, philosophical, and theological…

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    More Tales of Pirx the Pilot

    Stanislaw Lem

    Pirx is an astronaut and his adventures are recounted in this novel. The author also wrote The Star Diaries .

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    Peace on Earth

    Stanislaw Lem

    A comic send-up of militarism, espionage, scientists and psychiatrists in which the unflappable hero fights for truth and justice in a world gone mad.

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    Fiasco

    Stanislaw Lem

    The planet Quinta is pocked by ugly mounds and covered by a spiderweb-like network. It is a kingdom of phantoms and of a beauty afflicted by madness. In stark contrast…

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    Memoirs Found in a Bathtub

    Stanislaw Lem

    The year is 3149, and a vast paper destroying blight-papyralysis-has obliterated much of the planet’s written history. However, these rare memoirs, preserved for centuries in a volcanic rock, record the…

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    One Human Minute

    Stanislaw Lem

    A book consisting of reviews of three imaginary books of the 21st century, revealing a world which has changed beyond recognition. The Polish author’s many other works include A Perfect…

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    Imaginary Magnitude

    Stanislaw Lem

    In this book the author comes down to earth with a series of introductions to books of the 21st century. He has also written The Futurological Congress .

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    Solaris

    Stanislaw Lem

    The first of Lem’s novels to be published in America and now considered a classic, Solaris raises a question: Can one truly understand the universe without first understanding what lies…

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    Tales of Pirx the Pilot

    Stanislaw Lem

    Translation of: Opowiaesci o pilocie Pirxie.

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    Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy

    Stanislaw Lem

    The Futurological Congress is the fourth satirical science fiction novel in the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy series from Kafka Prize-winning author Stanislaw Lem.

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    The Star Diaries

    Stanislaw Lem

    Written over a period of twenty years, this book features adventures of space traveller Ijon Tichy.

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    Tales of Pirx the Pilot

    Stanislaw Lem

    Translation of: Opowiaesci o pilocie Pirxie.

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    Star Diaries: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy

    Stanislaw Lem,LEM

    Ijon Tichy, Lem’s Candide of the Cosmos, encounters bizarre civilizations and creatures in space that serve to satirize science, the rational mind, theology, and other icons of human pride. Line…

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    The Star Diaries

    Stanislaw Lem,LEM

    Written over a period of twenty years, this book features adventures of space traveller Ijon Tichy.

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    Lemography: Stanislaw Lem in the Eyes of the World

    A unique collection of critical essays on writer and philosopher Stanislaw Lem, evaluating his influence on twentieth-century literature and culture.

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    Lemography: Stanislaw Lem in the Eyes of the World

    A unique collection of critical essays on writer and philosopher Stanislaw Lem, evaluating his influence on twentieth-century literature and culture.

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    Stanislaw Lem: Selected Letters to Michael Kandel

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    Edited and annotated translation of Stanislaw Lem’s previously unpublished fifteen-year correspondence with his principal American translator.

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    Holocaust and the Stars: The Past in the Prose of Stanislaw Lem

    Agnieszka Gajewska (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland.),Katarzyna Gucio

    This book is a groundbreaking study of one of the greatest science fiction writers, the Polish master, Stanislaw Lem. It offers a new direction in research on his oeuvre and…

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    Holocaust and the Stars: The Past in the Prose of Stanislaw Lem

    Agnieszka Gajewska (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland.),Katarzyna Gucio

    This book is a groundbreaking study of one of the greatest science fiction writers, the Polish master, Stanislaw Lem. It offers a new direction in research on his oeuvre and…

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    Stanislaw Lem and His Aliens: A Tribute and a Challenge

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    An investigation of Lem’s work through both essays and fiction. Essays by leading literary scholars examining his works, and stories inspired by the ideas and motifs of his writing.

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    Visions of the Future in the Writings of Stanislaw LEM: Volume 2

    Lech Keller

    The main argument of this thesis is that Lem is a political writer. A related argument is that Lem is known in his parts rather than for the breadth of…

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    Visions of the Future in the Writings of Stanislaw LEM: Volume 1

    Lech Keller

    The main argument of this thesis is that Lem is a political writer. A related argument is that Lem is known in his parts rather than for the breadth of…

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    Between an Animal and a Machine: Stanislaw Lem’s Technological Utopia

    Pawel Majewski

    The subject of this book is the philosophy of Stanislaw Lem. It contains an analysis of one of his early works, The Dialogues, as well as of his essay, Summa…

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    The Hospital of the Transfiguration

    Stanislaw Lem

    An early realist novel by Stanislaw Lem, taking place in a Polish psychiatric hospital during World War II.

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    Summa Technologiae

    Stanislaw Lem

    In Summa Technologiae, Stanislaw Lem produced an engaging and caustically logical philosophical treatise about human and nonhuman life in its past, present, and future forms. After five decades this work…

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    Dialogues

    Stanislaw Lem,Peter Butko

    A collection of philosophical essays by science fiction master Stanislaw Lem, exploring cybernetics and the ethics of technology –

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    Highcastle: A Remembrance

    Stanislaw Lem

    A playful, witty, reflective memoir of childhood by the science fiction master Stanislaw Lem.

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    The Truth and Other Stories

    Stanislaw Lem,Antonia Lloyd-Jones

    Thirteen stories by Polish science fiction master Stanislaw Lem, most of which have not appeared in English before –

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    The Truth and Other Stories

    Stanislaw Lem,Antonia Lloyd-Jones

    Thirteen stories by Polish science fiction master Stanislaw Lem, most of which have not appeared in English before –

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    The Seventh Voyage: A Graphic Novel: Star Diaries

    Stanislaw Lem

    World renowned sci-fi writer and Caldecott Honor artist team up for a zany sci-fi tall tale about an astronaut caught in a time loop in space who must confront past…

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    The Invincible

    Stanislaw Lem

    A space cruiser, in search of its sister ship, encounters beings descended from self-replicating machines.

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