Stanisław Lem
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| Original Title: | Dzienniki gwiazdowe |
| ISBN: | 0810117320 (ISBN13: 9780810117327) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Ijon Tichy #2 |
| Characters: | Ijon Tichy |
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Ijon Tichy is an ordinary space traveler whose extraordinary curiosity leads him to the very fringes of science. Their plans are grandiose, the bargains they make too often Faustian, for the ends these scientists pursue concern humanity's greatest and most ancient obsessions: immortality, artificial intelligence, and top-of-the-line consumer items.By turns philosophical, satirical, and absurd, Lem's stories follow Ijon's adventures as both an observer of--and participant in--strange experiments. Faulty time machines, intelligent washing machines, suicidal potatoes--Ijon Tichy navigates them all with common sense and in so doing shows why he endures as one of Lem's most popular characters.
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| Title | : | Memoirs of a Space Traveler: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy (Ijon Tichy #2) |
| Author | : | Stanisław Lem |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 153 pages |
| Published | : | February 11th 2000 by Northwestern University Press (first published 1957) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Short Stories. Humor |
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Another excellent collection of Ijon Tichy stories. Lem expertly covers many intriguing scientific and metaphysical quandaries throughout. Worth a read for Sci Fi fans, anyone looking for a little amusement, or those who likes to think about the nature of life and the universe in general. Below are brief summaries/thoughts on each story.The Eighteenth VoyageA classic Lem story, Tichy finds himself in charge of a project to correct the creation of the Universe so that the Universe no longerGreat and funny classical science fiction stories. My favorite is about solipsist scientist Corcoran.The idea of this story is that we may live in a virtual world, and apart from our consciousness there is nothing real - everything is a hoax. This idea was later used many times in cyberpunk. For example, in the famous film The Matrix.But Stanislaw Lem wrote his story much earlier.
Preposterous squared. Screwball cubed. Fans of Ijon Tichys spaced-out space explorations, twelve in number, appearing in The Star Diaries, will be pleased to know Stanislaw Lems gallant galactic zoom-boy recounts nine more adventures in Memoirs of a Space Traveller. However, it should be noted, the majority take place in the nuttiest fruitcake in the universe right here on planet Earth.I enjoyed each and every one of Ijon's revealing reports and count the following pungent probes among my
Moderately funny and quite philosophical.
This book is basically a primer for modern philosophy and theology told through brilliant short stories that center around odd scientists and their emotionally devastating creations of new technology and life. Of course, since it's vaguely framed as stories told by a "space traveler" it's banished to the sci-fi section, when it is in fact a work of art.
Every story is a fresh idea challenging the reader's point of view on the world, politics, religions, and reality. A must read, just like the volume I.
dish washer manufacturers enter arms race to make best washer and they invent one that looks like jane mansfield and people have sex with / marry it and then a sink gains sentience and wears owner's clothes and marries old ladies to steal their money. wow
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