The cyberiad : fables for the cybernetic age /
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. "The most completely successful of his books ... here Lem comes closest to inventing...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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San Diego :
Harcourt,
[2002?], ©1974.
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| Summary: | 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. "The most completely successful of his books ... here Lem comes closest to inventing a real universe" (Boston Globe). |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: New York : Seabury Press, 1974. Translation of: Cyberiada. "A Harvest book." |
| Physical Description: | 295 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 0156027593 9780156027595 |