Stanisław Lem

'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, …

The Chain of Chance is a science fiction/detective novel by the Polish writer Stanisław Lem, published in 1975. Lem's treatment of the detective genre introduces many nontraditional elements. The reader is prompted not only to consider various suspects as possible culprits in a series of murders, but also the …

Eden is a 1959 science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem. It was first published in English in 1989.

A Perfect Vacuum is a 1971 book by Polish author Stanisław Lem, the largest and best known collection of Stanislaw Lem's fictitious criticism of nonexisting books. It was translated into English by Michael Kandel. Some of the reviews remind the reader of drafts of his science-fiction novels, some read like …

Peace on Earth is a 1987 science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem. The novel describes, in a satirical tone, the ultimate implications of the arms race. The evolution of artificial intelligence has allowed major world powers to sign a rather curious treaty: the Moon is divided into national zones and all weapons …

The Investigation is a science fiction/detective novel by the Polish writer Stanisław Lem, published in 1959. The novel is set in a typically foggy London. A young Scotland Yard lieutenant is charged to investigate the mysterious disappearance of corpses from London morgues. The only "explanation" is an abstruse …

These wickedly authentic introductions to twenty-first-century books preface tomes on teaching English to bacteria, using animated X-rays to create "pornograms," and analyzing computer-generated literature through the science of "bitistics." "Lem, a science fiction Bach, plays in this book a googleplex of variations …

Příběhy pilota Pirxe je povídková kniha z žánru sci-fi z roku 1968 polského spisovatele Stanisława Lema. Jde o soubor devíti krátkých vědeckofantastických povídek, které spojuje literární postava astronavigátora a pilota kosmických raket Pirxe. První tři povídky „Test“, „Patrola“ a „Albatros“ byly jejím autorem poprvé …

Hvězdné deníky je sbírka sci-fi povídek polského spisovatele Stanisława Lema, jejíž první vydání vyšlo v roce 1957. Všechny texty pojednávají o kosmickém dobrodruhovi Ijonu Tichém. Nejenže oplývají jemným humorem, reagují také na soudobou civilizační problematiku, čímž nutí čtenáře k zamyšlení. Vyskytuje se zde i …

Hospital of the Transfiguration is a book written by Stanisław Lem. It tells the story of a young doctor, Stefan Trzyniecki, who after graduation starts to work in a psychiatric hospital. The story takes place during the Nazi occupation of Poland in the Second World War. The book is the first of a trilogy entitled …