- Fiction, science fiction, general, Slavic philology, Polish fiction
"His Master's Voice is one of Lem's most polished and fully realized novels. It is told in the voice of Peter Hogarth, an eminent mathematician, who admits in the initial chapter that "the fundamental traits of my character I consider to be cowardice, malice, and pride."
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Grave, cool, classical in form and bleak.
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Stanisław Lem
- First published
- November 1, 1995
- Pages
- 264
- Publisher
- MIT Press, Cem, Secker & Warburg
- Editions
- 21
- Language
- Polish, German, English
- ISBN
- 9780151403608
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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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