Ijon Tichy, Lem's Candide of the Cosmos, encounters bizarre civilizations and creatures in space that serve to satirize science, the rational mind, theology, and other icons of human pride. Line drawings by the Author. Translated by Michael Kandel. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

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 immortality, artificial intelligence, and top-of-the-line consumer items. By turns philosophical, satirical, and ab...(展开全部)

Ijon Tichy is an ordinary space traveler who always follows his extraordinary curiosity, especially when it leads him to scientists working on the fringes of knowledge. Their plans are grandiose, and the bargains they make too often Faustian, for the ends they pursue concern humanity's greatest obsessions: immortality, artificial intelligence, and consumer goods.By turns philos...(展开全部)

In this sequel to The Star Diaries, Ijon Tichy, space traveler of future centuries, discovers that "out there" isn't very different from "down here." Throughout these nine wild adventures, surprise follows witty surprise. Line drawings by the Author. Translated by Joel Stern and Maria Swiecicka-Ziemianek. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

✍斯坦尼斯瓦夫•莱姆（1921—2006），波兰著名作家、哲学家。当过汽车技工，终获医学博士学位，创立波兰宇航协会。代表作有《索拉里斯星》《未来学大会》《惨败》等。作品多聚焦哲学主题，探讨科技对人类的影响、智慧的本质、外星交流，以及人类认知的局限等。1996年被授予波兰国 家奖章“白鹰勋章”，波兰第一颗人造卫星以他的名字命名。 ✍莱姆是20世纪欧洲最多才多艺的作家之一，安东尼•伯吉斯称赞他是“当今活跃的作家中最智慧、最博学、最幽默的一位”，库尔特•冯内古特赞扬他“无论是语言的驾驭、想象力还是塑造悲剧角色的手法，都非常优秀，无人能出其右”。被译成52种语言，全球畅销4000余万册。

Bringing his twin gifts of scientific speculation and scathing satire to bear on that hapless planet, Earth, Lem sends his unlucky cosmonaut, Ijon Tichy, to the Eighth Futurological Congress. Caught up in local revolution, Tichy is shot and so critically wounded that he is flashfrozen to await a future cure. Translated by Michael Kandel.

Bringing his twin gifts of scientific speculation and scathing satire to bear on that hapless planet, Earth, Lem sends his unlucky cosmonaut, Ijon Tichy, to the Eighth Futurological Congress. Caught up in local revolution, Tichy is shot and so critically wounded that he is flashfrozen to await a future cure. Translated by 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 huma...(展开全部)

First UK edition. Translated by Michael Kandel.

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