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The Cyberiad

Fables for the Cybernetic Age

Stanislaw Lem author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:6th Aug '20

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A much-loved classic from a giant of european science-fiction.

'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

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 *

ISBN: 9780241467992

Dimensions: 181mm x 110mm x 19mm

Weight: 203g

352 pages