- Polish Science fiction, Social life and customs, Fiction, Fiction, short stories (single author)
In Pilot Pirx, Lem has created an irresistibly likable character: an astronaut who gives the impression of still navigating by the seat of his pants-a bumbler but an inspired one. By investing Pirx with a range of human foibles, Lem offers a wonderful vision of the audacity, childlike curiosity, and intuition that can give humans the courage to confront outer space.
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Classical in form, warm, cool and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
- effortlessdemanding
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Stanisław Lem
- First published
- 1979
- Pages
- 206
- Publisher
- Pengiun Books Ltd., Alianza Editorial, Avon
- Editions
- 21
- Language
- Polish, German, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780151879786
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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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