Ijon Tichy is the only human who knows for sure whether the self-programming robots on the moon are plotting a terrestrial invasion. But a highly focused ray severs his corpus collosum. Now his left
These fourteen science fiction stories reveal Lem’s fascination with artificial intelligence and demonstrate just how surprisingly human sentient machines can be. “Astonishing is not too
A brilliantly crafted collection of stories from celebrated science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem ? Trurl and Klaupacius are constructor robots who try to out-invent each other. Over the course of thei
Bringing his twin gifts of scientific speculation and scathing satire to bear on that hapless planet, Earth, Lem sends his unlucky cosmonaut, Ijon Tichy, to the Eighth Futurological Congress. Caught u
Ijon Tichy, an amiable cosmic traveler, tells of his adventures and misfortunes which cast a disparaging light on twentieth-century concepts, beliefs, and institutions
In this sequel to The Star Diaries, Ijon Tichy, space traveler of future centuries, discovers that "out there" isn't very different from "down here." Throughout the
