Description
Stanislaw lem is perhaps the most original and influential European science-fiction writer of the twentieth century. The cyberiad, one of lem’s most beloved works, follows the exploits of the trurl and klapaucius, two ingenious ‘constructors’. In their adventures through a strange medieval universe they encounter a machine capable of creating anything that starts with the letter ‘N’; kings who oppress their people with parlour games; and PhD pirates who demand ransom in knowledge rather than gold. It is a world where UFOs land silently on lawns at dawn, and where even the stars can be re-arranged for advertising purposes
Review
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
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