The Star Diaries (Paperback)


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 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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Imprint

Penguin Classics

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Series

Penguin Modern Classics

Release date

December 2015

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Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days

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Dimensions

198 x 130 x 22mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

337

ISBN-13

978-0-241-24002-1

Barcode

9780241240021

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LSN

0-241-24002-6



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