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The cyberiad : fables for the cybernetic age / Stanislaw Lem ; translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel. Illustrated by Daniel Mróz.
Author
Lem, Stanisław
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Uniform title
Cyberiada.
English
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York, N.Y. : Seabury Press, 1974.
Description
295 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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PG7158.L39 C93413 1974
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Subject(s)
Short stories, Polish
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20th century
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Poland
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Fiction
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Translator
Kandel, Michael
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Illustrator
Mróz, Daniel, 1917-1993
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Science fiction
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Humorous fiction
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Short stories
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Getty AAT genre
short stories
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Series
Continuum book (Seabury Press)
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A Continuum book
Summary note
These are the stories of Trurl and Klapaucius, master inventors and engineers known as “constructors,” who have created marvels for kingdoms. Friends and rivals, they are constantly outdoing and challenging each other to reveal the next great evolution in cybernetics, and the exploits of these brilliant men are nothing short of incredible. From tales of love, in which a robotic prince must woo a robotic princess enchanted by pleasures of true flesh, to epics of battle, in which the heroic constructors must use their considerable wit to outsmart a monarch obsessed with hunting, to examinations of humanity, wherein Trurl and Klapaucius must confront the limits of their skills and the meaning of true perfection, these stories are rich with profound questions, unimaginable marvels, and remarkable feats.
Contents
How the world was saved
Trurl's machine
A good shellacking
The seven sallies of Trurland Klapaucius. The first sally, or the trap of Garganius
The first sally (A), or Trurl's electronic bard
The second sally, or the offer of King Krool
The third sally, or the dragons of probability
The fourth sally, or how Trurl build a Femfatalatron to save Prince Pantagoon from the pangs of love, and how later he restored to a Cannonade of babies
The fifth sally, or the mischief of King Balerion
The fifth sally (A), or Trurl's prescription
The sixth sally, or how Trurl and Klapaucius created a demon of the second kind to defeat the pirate Pugg
The seventh sally, or how Trurl's own perfection led to no good
Tale of the three storytellig machines of King Genius
Altruizine
From the Cyphroeroticon, or tales of deviations, superfixations and aberrations of the heart
Prince Ferrix and the Princess Crystal.
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ISBN
081649164X
9780816491643
LCCN
73006420
OCLC
704781
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