- Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, science fiction, time travel, Fiction, science fiction, space exploration, Polish Science fiction
Hal Bregg is an astronaut who returns from a space mission in which only 10 biological years have passed for him, while 127 years have elapsed on earth. He finds that the earth has changed beyond recognition, filled with human beings who have been medically neutralized. How does an astronaut join a civilization that shuns risk?
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Classical in form, grave, contemplative and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Stanisław Lem
- First published
- June 30, 2005
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher
- MIT Press, Alianza Editorial, Secker & Warburg
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- Polish, German, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9783518068243
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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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