The Cyberiad

Fables for the Cybernetic Age

By: Stanislaw Lem

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Paperback | 23 July 2014 | Edition Number 1

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'Most cosmic civilizations long for things, in the depths of their souls, they would never openly admit to . . . ' In the strange, surreal world of The Cyberiad, outlandish events abound- two ingenious 'constructors' travel through a medieval universe offering their technical expertise; a machine capable of creating anything that starts with the letter 'N' meets an untimely end; kings oppress their people with parlour games; and PhD pirates 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. In these fantastical short stories, Stanislaw Lem rewrites the laws of reality, space and language itself to take us on an anarchic and darkly comic journey through a newly imagined universe. With an introduction by Christopher Priest 'A Jorge Luis Borges for the Space Age.' The New York Times

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Stanislaw Lem may be the most famous science fiction writer you've never heard of ... [this] collection of stories may go some way to redressing that ... 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 A Jorge Luis Borges for the Space Age New York Times

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