Tales Of Pirx The Pilot Return From The Stars The Invincible

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Tales Of Pirx The Pilot Return From The Stars The Invincible

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Author : Stanisław Lem
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982

Tales Of Pirx The Pilot Return From The Stars The Invincible written by Stanisław Lem and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Fiction categories.

@In Pilot Pirx, Lem has created an irresistibly likable character: an astronaut who gives the impression of still navigating by the seat of his pants-a bumbler but an inspired one. By investing Pirx with a range of human foibles, Lem offers a wonderful vision of the audacity, childlike curiosity, and intuition that can give humans the courage to confront outer space. Translated by Louis Iribarne. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book@@

Sammlung

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Author : Stanisław Lem
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982

Sammlung written by Stanisław Lem and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with categories.

Tales Of Pirx The Pilot

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Author : Stanislaw Lem
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2019-08-01

Tales Of Pirx The Pilot written by Stanislaw Lem and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-01 with Fiction categories.

From 'A giant of twentieth-century science fiction' (Guardian), the adventures of Pirx, a hapless everyman in outer space 'By now he fancied himself something of a rocket jockey, a space ace, whose real home was among the planets' In a future where space travel has become routine and unremarkable, Pirx the pilot bumbles and daydreams his way through the solar system. These endearing tales follow his progress from cadet to captain. But, whether he is wrestling with a misbehaving spacesuit, feeling uncomfortable on a luxury space cruise ship or encountering a mysterious malfunctioning robot on a mission to Mars, the hapless Pirx just can't stop things from going terribly wrong. Translated by Louis Iribarne

Liminality In Fantastic Fiction

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Author : Sandor Klapcsik
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2012-01-09

Liminality In Fantastic Fiction written by Sandor Klapcsik and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-09 with Literary Criticism categories.

This critical work diversifies Victor Turner's concept of liminality, a basic category of postmodernism, in which distinct categories and hierarchies are questioned and limits erode. Liminality involves an oscillation between cultural institutions, genre conventions, narrative perspectives, and thematic binary oppositions. Grounded on this notion, the text investigates the liminality in Agatha Christie's detective fiction, Neil Gaiman's fantasy stories, and Stanislaw Lem's and Philip K. Dick's science fiction. Through an examination of destabilized norms, this analysis demonstrates that liminality is a key element in the changing trends of fantastic texts.

Science Fiction A Critical Guide

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Author : Patrick Parrinder
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-05-18

Science Fiction A Critical Guide written by Patrick Parrinder and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-18 with Literary Criticism categories.

This book, first published in 1979, presents a portrait of science fiction as a distinct form of serious and creative literature. Contributors are drawn from Britain, America and Europe, and range from well-known academic critics to young novelists. The essays establish the common properties of science fiction writing, and assess the history and significance of a field in which critical judgements have often been unreliable. The material ranges from the earliest imaginative journeys to the moon, to later developments of British, American and European science fiction.

Paperback Inferno Index

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Author : Kevin R. Smith
language : en
Publisher: Kevin R. Smith
Release Date : 2020-07-04

Paperback Inferno Index written by Kevin R. Smith and has been published by Kevin R. Smith this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-04 with Reference categories.

Indexes, covers and tables of contents of Paperback Inferno (issues 43-97, 1983-1992), the paperback reviews journal of the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA). As well as complete tables of contents of all these issues, this book includes indexes to every book and magazine reviewed, every cover artist, and every letter writer, along with summary statistics of the issues.

Fiasco

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Author : Stanislaw Lem
language : en
Publisher: HMH
Release Date : 2012-07-18

Fiasco written by Stanislaw Lem and has been published by HMH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-18 with Fiction categories.

“A stunningly inventive fantasy about cosmic travel” from the Kafka Prize–winning author of Solaris (The New York Times). The Hermes explorer ship represents the epitome of Earth’s excellence: a peaceful mission sent forth to make first contact with an alien civilization, and to use the expansive space technology developed by humanity to seek new worlds, friendships, and alliances. But what its crew discovers on the planet Quinta is nothing like they had hoped. Locked in a seemingly endless cold war among themselves, the Quintans are uncommunicative and violent, refusing any discourse—except for the firing of deadly weapons. The crew of the Hermes is determined to accomplish what they had set out to do. But the cost of learning the secrets hidden on the silent surface of Quinta may be grave. Stark, startling, and insightful, Fiasco has been praised by Publishers Weekly as “one of Lem’s best novels.” It is classic, thought-provoking hard science fiction, as prescient today as when it was first written.

Mortal Engines

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Author : Stanislaw Lem
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2016-10-01

Mortal Engines written by Stanislaw Lem and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-01 with Fiction categories.

'On one side of the ducats was stamped the radiant profile of Archithorius, on the other - an image of his six hundred arms' Mortal Engines is a selection of the best of Stanislaw Lem's extraordinary miniature space epics, chosen by his heroic translator Michael Kandel, who has somehow battled through Lem's jokes, parodies, fabricated technological terms and unreliable robots and brilliantly converted them from Polish into English. Encompassing his Fables for Robots and stories from his protagonists Ijon Tichy (from The Star Diaries) and Pirx the Pilot, this is a highly entertaining but also deeply alarming view of the glories and absurdities of Outer Space.

Return From The Stars

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Author : Stanislaw Lem
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2020-02-18

Return From The Stars written by Stanislaw Lem and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-18 with Fiction categories.

An astronaut returns to Earth after a 10-year mission and finds a society that he barely recognizes in science fiction novel by the Solaris author, whose works “make our weary universe seem pale and undistinguished by comparison” (The Washington Post). Stanisław Lem’s Return from the Stars recounts the experiences of Hal Bregg, an astronaut who returns from an exploratory mission that lasted ten years—although because of time dilation, 127 years have passed on Earth. Bregg finds a society that he hardly recognizes, in which danger has been eradicated. Children are “betrizated” to remove all aggression and violence—a process that also removes all impulse to take risks and explore. The people of Earth view Bregg and his crew as “resuscitated Neanderthals,” and pressure them to undergo betrization. Bregg has serious difficulty in navigating the new social mores. While Lem’s depiction of a risk-free society is bleak, he does not portray Bregg and his fellow astronauts as heroes. Indeed, faced with no opposition to his aggression, Bregg behaves abominably. He is faced with a choice: leave Earth again and hope to return to a different society in several hundred years, or stay on Earth and learn to be content. With Return from the Stars, Lem shows the shifting boundaries between utopia and dystopia.

Stanislaw Lem

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Author : Richard E. Ziegfeld
language : en
Publisher: Frederick Ungar
Release Date : 1985

Stanislaw Lem written by Richard E. Ziegfeld and has been published by Frederick Ungar this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Literary Criticism categories.