wyszukanych pozycji: 9
A Polish Book of Monsters
ISBN: 9780940962705 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 273 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A Polish Book of Monsters contains five stories of speculative fiction edited and translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel, award-winning translator of the fiction of Stanislaw Lem. From dystopian science fiction to fabled fantasy, these dark tales grip us through the authors' ability to create utterly convincing alien worlds that nonetheless reflect our own.
A Polish Book of Monsters contains five stories of speculative fiction edited and translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel, award-winning translat...
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72,85 zł |
Highcastle: A Remembrance
ISBN: 9780262538466 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A playful, witty, reflective memoir of childhood by the science fiction master Stanislaw Lem.
A playful, witty, reflective memoir of childhood by the science fiction master Stanislaw Lem.
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158,08 zł |
His Master's Voice
ISBN: 9780262538459 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Scientists attempt to decode what may be a message from intelligent beings in outer space.
Scientists attempt to decode what may be a message from intelligent beings in outer space.
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86,51 zł |
A Perfect Vacuum
ISBN: 9780156716864 / Angielski / Miękka / 1983 / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This is a collection of perfect yet imaginary reviews of nonexistent books. With insidious wit, the author beguiles us with a parade of delightful, disarmingly familiar inventions. "Lem is Harpo Marx and Franz Kafka and Isaac Asimov rolled up into one and down the white rabbit's hole" (Detroit News). A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
This is a collection of perfect yet imaginary reviews of nonexistent books. With insidious wit, the author beguiles us with a parade of delightful, di...
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82,17 zł |
Fiasco
ISBN: 9780156306300 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 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, the crew of the spaceship Hermes represents a knowledge-seeking Earth. As they approach Quinta, a dark poetry takes over and leads them into a nightmare of misunderstanding. Translated by Michael Kandel. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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. ...
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73,72 zł |
Mortal Engines
ISBN: 9780156621618 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 239 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 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 strong a word for these tales (Wall Street Journal). Translated and with an Introduction by Michael Kandel.
" These fourteen science fiction stories reveal Lem s fascination with artificial intelligence and demonstrate just how surprisingly human sentient mach...
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69,16 zł |
Peace on Earth
ISBN: 9780156028141 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 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 brain can't remember the secret and his uncooperative right brain won't tell. Tichy struggles for control of the lost memory and of his own two warring sides. Translated by Elinor Ford with Michael Kandel. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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 focu...
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64,83 zł |
More Tales of Pirx the Pilot
ISBN: 9780156621434 / Angielski / Miękka / 1983 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Commander Pirx, who drives space vehicles for a living in the galaxy of the future, here faces a new series of intriguing adventures in which robots demonstrate some alarmingly human characteristics. Translated by Louis Iribarne, assisted by Magdalena Majcherczyk and Michael Kandel. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
Commander Pirx, who drives space vehicles for a living in the galaxy of the future, here faces a new series of intriguing adventures in which robots d...
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82,17 zł |
Star Diaries: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy
ISBN: 9780156849050 / Angielski / Miękka / 1985 / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 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 drawings by the Author. Translated by Michael Kandel. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
Ijon Tichy, Lem's Candide of the Cosmos, encounters bizarre civilizations and creatures in space that serve to satirize science, the rational mind, th...
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95,18 zł |