Lem, Stanisław

Memoirs of a space traveler : further reminiscences of Ijon Tichy by Stanisław Lem ( Book )
115 editions published between 1957 and 2009 in 9 languages and held by 1,349 libraries worldwide
Ijon Tichy, Lem\'s Candide of the Cosmos, encounters bizarre civilizations and creatures in space that serve to satirize science, the rational mind, theology, and other icons of human pride. Line drawings by the Author. Translated by Michael Kandel. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book<BR>.

Solaris by Stanisław Lem ( Book )
238 editions published between 1961 and 2010 in 29 languages and held by 1,334 libraries worldwide
Kris Kelvin lands on the space station Solaris only to face a cruel miracle.

The cyberiad : fables for the cybernetic age by Stanisław Lem ( Book )
83 editions published between 1965 and 2009 in 16 languages and held by 1,113 libraries worldwide
Trurl and Klaupacius are constructor robots who try to out-invent each other. They travel to the far corners of the cosmos to take on freelance problem-solving jobs, with dire consequences for their employers.

Tales of Pirx the pilot by Stanisław Lem ( Book )
89 editions published between 1968 and 2008 in 9 languages and held by 1,046 libraries worldwide
A series of linked short stories of the adventures of Commander Pirx, who drives space vehicles for a living in the galaxy of the future.

Fiasco by Stanisław Lem ( Book )
45 editions published between 1986 and 2007 in 11 languages and held by 1,013 libraries worldwide

Return from the stars by Stanisław Lem ( Book )
69 editions published between 1961 and 2011 in 8 languages and held by 965 libraries worldwide

Eden by Stanisław Lem ( Book )
105 editions published between 1959 and 2008 in 18 languages and held by 964 libraries worldwide
A crew of six crash-land on Eden, fourth planet from another sun. They set forth into a strange world that grows ever stranger. The sun is not completely circular. The desert ground is soft, spongy, it exudes acrid vapors. Thickets of plants are shaped like hanging spiders; trees, violet and blue, breathe noisily; flower petals lift into the air like a flock of startled pigeons. The men come to a wall that moves in rhythmic waves; they enter an automated factory where mysterious objects are created, destroyed, and created again in a meaningless cycle. They meet an inhabitant of Eden, a large, humped, pearl-colored, naked torso from which protrudes another, smaller torso with a child's head and two small arms -- a "doubler," they call him. One doubler leads to another, to whole communities, to a world of flying saucers and genetic engineering. And everywhere, death. Swollen bodies in ditches and in wells, a beehive structure filled with clusters of glass eggs -- a skeleton within each egg.

Microworlds : writings on science fiction and fantasy by Stanisław Lem ( Book )
52 editions published between 1970 and 2004 in 5 languages and held by 851 libraries worldwide

Imaginary magnitude by Stanisław Lem ( Book )
22 editions published between 1971 and 1996 in 4 languages and held by 751 libraries worldwide

The chain of chance by Stanisław Lem ( Book )
53 editions published between 1976 and 2006 in 10 languages and held by 748 libraries worldwide
At a seaside resort in Southern Italy a number of tourists vanish, go mad, or die. A former astronaut is despatched from the U.S. to unravel the mystery.