Fiasco

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Deutsch, 1987 - Fiction - 322 pages

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Birnam Wood
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The Council
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The Survivor
78
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About the author (1987)

Polish science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem was born on September 12, 1921. A medical graduate of Cracow University, he is at home both in the sciences and in philosophy, and this broad erudition gives his writings genuine depth. He has published extensively, not only fiction, but also theoretical studies. His books have been translated into 41 languages and sold over 27 million copies. He gained international acclaim for The Cyberiad, a series of short stories, which was first published in 1974. A trend toward increasingly serious philosophical speculation is found in his later works, such as Solaris (1961), which was made into a Soviet film by Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky in 1972 and remade by Steven Soderbergh in 2002. He died on March 27, 2006 in Krakow at the age of 84.

Bibliographic information

TitleFiasco
AuthorStanisław Lem
PublisherDeutsch, 1987
Original fromIndiana University
DigitizedJul 15, 2010
ISBN0233981411, 9780233981413
Length322 pages
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