by Stanisław Lem · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780749304706
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«More Tales of Pirx the Pilot» is a collection of science fiction stories by Stanisław Lem, published by Mandarin in paperback (30 pages, in English).
Science fiction stories featuring Commander Pirx, a space pilot whose missions bring him up against robots with surprisingly human behavior. Lem plays with artificial intelligence and the human condition, combining adventure, irony and reflection in a galactic future.
This edition was published in 1990; the original Polish work is «Opowieści o pilocie Pirxie», from 1968.
Recommended for readers of classic science fiction and short stories, as well as for those who want to discover the work of Stanisław Lem.
Stanisław Herman Lem was a Polish writer. He was the author of many novels, short stories, and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical and humorous character. Lem's books have been translated into more than 50 languages and have sold more than 45 million copies. Worldwide, he is best known as the author of the 1961 novel Solaris. In 1976, Theodore Sturgeon wrote that Lem was the most widely read science fiction writer in the world.
