- Science Fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, science fiction, general, Utopische Romane und Erzählungen
A six-man crew crash-lands on Eden, fourth planet from another sun. The men find a strange world that grows ever stranger, and everywhere there are images of death. The crew's attempt to communicate with this civilization leads to violence and to a cruel truth-cruel precisely because it is so human.
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Grave, classical in form, contemporary and bleak.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- warmbleak
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Stanisław Lem
- First published
- October 1991
- Pages
- 291
- Publisher
- Alianza Editorial, Insel, Frankfurt, Wydawn. Literackie
- Editions
- 22
- Language
- Polish, German, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9788308029978
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Stanisław Herman Lem (ur. 12 lub 13 września 1921 we Lwowie, zm. 27 marca 2006 w Krakowie) – polski pisarz gatunku hard science fiction, filozof, futurolog oraz krytyk literacki. Jest najczęściej tłumaczonym polskim pisarzem. Został odznaczony wieloma wysokimi odznaczeniami państwowymi i kulturalnymi, między innymi Orderem Orła Białego i medalem „Gloria Artis”. Jego debiutem książkowym była wydana w 1951 roku powieść *Astronauci*. Kolejne powieści fantastycznonaukowe jego autorstwa to: *Obłok Magellana* (1955), *Eden* (1959), *Pamiętnik znaleziony w wannie* (1961), *Powrót z gwiazd* (1961), *Solaris* (1961), *Niezwyciężony* (1964), *Głos Pana* (1968), *Wizja lokalna* (1982), *Fiasko* (1987)
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