The Star Diaries
Author: Lem, Stanislaw
ISBN: 9780241240021
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 01 Mar 2016
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback / softback
A satirical and philosophical set of space adventure stories from one of the best-loved science-fiction writers of the twentieth century
Stanislaw Lem's set of short stories, written over a period of twenty years, all feature the adventures of space traveller Ijon Tichy and recount him spinning in time-warps, spying on robots, encountering bizarre civilizations and creatures in space and being hopelessly lost in a forest of supernovae. This is a philosophical satire on technology, theology, intelligence and human nature from one of the greatest of science fiction writers
ISBN: 9780241240021
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 01 Mar 2016
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback / softback
A satirical and philosophical set of space adventure stories from one of the best-loved science-fiction writers of the twentieth century
Stanislaw Lem's set of short stories, written over a period of twenty years, all feature the adventures of space traveller Ijon Tichy and recount him spinning in time-warps, spying on robots, encountering bizarre civilizations and creatures in space and being hopelessly lost in a forest of supernovae. This is a philosophical satire on technology, theology, intelligence and human nature from one of the greatest of science fiction writers
