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A Jorge Luis Borges for the Space Age - The New York Times

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

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A Jorge Luis Borges for the Space Age - The New York TimesStanislaw Lem's set of short stories, written over... Read more

    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 31/12/2015
    ISBN13: 9780241240021, 978-0241240021
    ISBN10: 0241240026

    Number of Pages: 352

    Fiction , Sci Fi, Fantasy & Horror

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    A Jorge Luis Borges for the Space Age - The New York Times

    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

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