by Stanisław Lem · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783518455340
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«Sterntagebücher» is Stanisław Lem's collection of science fiction stories, published by Suhrkamp in paperback (523 pages, in German).
Astronaut Ijon Tichy travels a galaxy of absurd civilizations and zany situations: he hunts kulupos, corrects history, faces giant potatoes and himself. Lem uses satire, allegory and parody of science fiction to combine humor, philosophical speculation and political criticism in a tale full of invention.
2003 edition of the Suhrkamp Taschenbuch (vol. 3534), with drawings by the author. Translated from Polish into German by Caesar Rymarowicz.
For German-speaking readers interested in satirical science fiction and cosmic adventures with a philosophical background.
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.
