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Trurl the constructor whose inventions tend to make life complicated for anyone in the vicinity and his cohort Klapaucius make their welcome appearance in this attractive collection by Polish SF writer Lem (translated by Michael Kandel). Asking the machine that can do everything to do nothing almost destroys the universe and a more benevolent creation wipes out war or at least one battle; and there are various other wonders worth pondering. The intelligent, ironic Lem is a real find. (Kirkus Reviews) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Trurl and Klaupacius are constructor robots who try to out-invent each other. They travel to the far corners of the cosmos to take on freelance problem-solving jobs, with dire consequences for their employers. “The most completely successful of his books... here Lem comes closest to inventing a real universe” (Boston Globe). Illustrations by Daniel Mr—z. Translated by Michael Kandel.
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Trurl the constructor whose inventions tend to make life complicated for anyone in the vicinity and his cohort Klapaucius make their welcome appearance in this attractive collection by Polish SF writer Lem (translated by Michael Kandel). Asking the machine that can do everything to do nothing almost destroys the universe and a more benevolent creation wipes out war or at least one battle; and there are various other wonders worth pondering. The intelligent, ironic Lem is a real find. (Kirkus Reviews) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Trurl and Klaupacius are constructor robots who try to out-invent each other. They travel to the far corners of the cosmos to take on freelance problem-solving jobs, with dire consequences for their employers. “The most completely successful of his books... here Lem comes closest to inventing a real universe” (Boston Globe). Illustrations by Daniel Mr—z. Translated by Michael Kandel.
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When the Universe was not so out of whack as it is today, and all the stars were lined up in their proper places, so you could easily count them from left to right, or top to bottom, and the larger and bluer ones were set apart, and the smaller, yellowing types pushed off to the corners as bodies of a lower grade, when there was not a speck of dust to be found in outer space, nor any nebular debris-in those good old days it was the custom for constructors, once they had received their Diploma of Perpetual Omnipotence with distinction, to sally forth ofttimes and bring to distant lands the benefit of their expertise. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Perfect Adviser, The Cyberiad, King Genius, Black Box, Demon of the Second Kind, King Krool, Lord High Thaumaturge, Mona Lisa, Highest Possible Level of Development, Master of the Royal Hunt, Princess Ineffabelle, The Fifth Sally, Malapusticus Pandemonius, Middle Ages, Tale of the Three Storytelling Machines, Cybercount Cyberhazy, Finally Trurl, Great Shroud Wastes, King Zipperupus, Lord Protozor, Subtillion the Cybernerian, The Fourth Sally New!
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When the Universe was not so out of whack as it is today, and all the stars were lined up in their proper places, so you could easily count them from left to right, or top to bottom, and the larger and bluer ones were set apart, and the smaller, yellowing types pushed off to the corners as bodies of a lower grade, when there was not a speck of dust to be found in outer space, nor any nebular debris-in those good old days it was the custom for constructors, once they had received their Diploma of Perpetual Omnipotence with distinction, to sally forth ofttimes and bring to distant lands the benefit of their expertise. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
electronic bard, storytelling machines, palace vestibule, two constructors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Perfect Adviser, The Cyberiad, King Genius, Black Box, Demon of the Second Kind, King Krool, Lord High Thaumaturge, Mona Lisa, Highest Possible Level of Development, Master of the Royal Hunt, Princess Ineffabelle, The Fifth Sally, Malapusticus Pandemonius, Middle Ages, Tale of the Three Storytelling Machines, Cybercount Cyberhazy, Finally Trurl, Great Shroud Wastes, King Zipperupus, Lord Protozor, Subtillion the Cybernerian, The Fourth Sally New!
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- Memoirs Found in a Bathtub by Stanislaw Lem in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Star Diaries: Further Reminiscences Of Ijon Tichy by Stanislaw Lem in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Chain of Chance by Stanislaw Lem in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- More Tales Of Pirx The Pilot (Harvest Book) by Stanislaw Lem in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Mortal Engines by Stanislaw Lem in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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