The Star Diaries (Ijon Tichy #1)

Stanisław Lem, Michael Kandel


4.28 · 18 ratings · Published: 28 Mar 1971

The Star Diaries by Stanisław Lem, Michael Kandel
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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