{"title":"Stanislaw Lem","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"memoirs-found-in-a-bathtub","title":"Memoirs Found In A Bathtub","description":"The year is 3149, and a vast paper destroying blight-papyralysis-has obliterated much of the planet's written history. However, these rare memoirs, preserved for centuries in a volcanic rock, record the strange life of a man trapped in a hermetically sealed underground community. Translated by Michael Kandel and Christine Rose.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stanislaw Lem","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":53138233688355,"sku":"9780156585859","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780156585859.jpg?v=1741109757"},{"product_id":"the-chain-of-chance","title":"The Chain Of Chance","description":"A former astronaut turned private detective is dispatched to Naples to discover the pattern in a mysterious series of deaths and disappearances occurring at a seaside spa. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stanislaw Lem","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":53141088829731,"sku":"9780156165006","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780156165006.jpg?v=1741119002"},{"product_id":"tales-of-pirx-the-pilot","title":"Tales Of Pirx The Pilot","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Pilot Pirx, Lem has created an irresistibly likable character: an astronaut who gives the impression of still navigating by the seat of his pants-a bumbler but an inspired one. By investing Pirx with a range of human foibles, Lem offers a wonderful vision of the audacity, childlike curiosity, and intuition that can give humans the courage to confront outer space. Translated by Louis Iribarne. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanislaw Lem","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":53143989059875,"sku":"9780156881500","price":11.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780156881500.jpg?v=1741128419"},{"product_id":"fiasco","title":"Fiasco","description":"The planet Quinta is pocked by ugly mounds and covered by a spiderweb-like network. It is a kingdom of phantoms and of a beauty afflicted by madness. In stark contrast, the crew of the spaceship Hermes represents a knowledge-seeking Earth. As they approach Quinta, a dark poetry takes over and leads them into a nightmare of misunderstanding. Translated by Michael Kandel. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stanislaw Lem","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":53144946606371,"sku":"9780156306300","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780156306300.jpg?v=1741131510"},{"product_id":"solaris","title":"Solaris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A fantastic book.” —Steven Soderbergh\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e When psychologist Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface, he finds himself confronting a painful memory embodied in the physical likeness of a past lover. Kelvin learns that he is not alone in this and that other crews examining the planet are plagued with their own repressed and newly real memories. Could it be, as Solaris scientists speculate, that the ocean may be a massive neural center creating these memories, for a reason no one can identify?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Long considered a classic, \u003cem\u003eSolaris\u003c\/em\u003e asks the question: Can we understand the universe around us without first understanding what lies within?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A novel that makes you reevaluate the nature of intelligence itself.” —Anne McCaffrey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanislaw Lem","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":53146129301795,"sku":"9780156027601","price":15.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780156027601.jpg?v=1741135226"},{"product_id":"star-diaries-further-reminiscences-of-ijon-tichy","title":"Star Diaries: Further Reminiscences Of Ijon Tichy","description":"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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stanislaw Lem","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":53150744805667,"sku":"9780156849050","price":17.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780156849050.jpg?v=1741150130"},{"product_id":"the-investigation","title":"The Investigation","description":"A young officer at Scotland Yard is assigned to investigate a puzzling and eerie case of missing-and apparently resurrected-bodies. To unravel the mystery, Lt. Gregory consults scientific, philosophical, and theological experts, who supply him with a host of theories and clues.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stanislaw Lem","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":53151813140771,"sku":"9780156451581","price":14.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780156451581.jpg?v=1741153352"},{"product_id":"peace-on-earth","title":"Peace On Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003eIjon Tichy is the only human who knows for sure whether the self-programming robots on the moon are plotting a terrestrial invasion. But a highly focused ray severs his corpus collosum. Now his left brain can’t remember the secret and his uncooperative right brain won’t tell. Tichy struggles for control of the lost memory and of his own two warring sides. Translated by Elinor Ford with Michael Kandel. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanislaw Lem","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":53152264454435,"sku":"9780156028141","price":11.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780156028141.jpg?v=1741154910"},{"product_id":"one-human-minute","title":"One Human Minute","description":"Contains three essays--\"One Human Minute,\" \"The Upside-Down Revolution ,\" and \"The World as Cataclysm\"--from science fiction master Stanislaw Lem.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stanislaw Lem","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":53153352483107,"sku":"9780156687959","price":9.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780156687959.jpg?v=1741158444"},{"product_id":"eden","title":"Eden","description":"A six-man crew crash-lands on Eden, fourth planet from another sun. The men find a strange world that grows ever stranger, and everywhere there are images of death. The crew's attempt to communicate with this civilization leads to violence and to a cruel truth-cruel precisely because it is so human. Translated by Marc E. Heine. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stanislaw Lem","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":53157046419747,"sku":"9780156278065","price":12.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780156278065.jpg?v=1741170108"},{"product_id":"more-tales-of-pirx-the-pilot","title":"More Tales Of Pirx The Pilot","description":"Commander Pirx, who drives space vehicles for a living in the galaxy of the future, here faces a new series of intriguing adventures in which robots demonstrate some alarmingly human characteristics. Translated by Louis Iribarne, assisted by Magdalena Majcherczyk and Michael Kandel. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stanislaw Lem","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":53157673730339,"sku":"9780156621434","price":15.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780156621434.jpg?v=1741172007"},{"product_id":"imaginary-magnitude","title":"Imaginary Magnitude","description":"These wickedly authentic introductions to twenty-first-century books preface tomes on teaching English to bacteria, using animated X-rays to create \"pornograms,\" and analyzing computer-generated literature through the science of \"bitistics.\" \"Lem, a science fiction Bach, plays in this book a googleplex of variations on his basic themes\" (New York Times Book Review). Translated by Marc E. Heine. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stanislaw Lem","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":53157843337507,"sku":"9780156441803","price":12.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780156441803.jpg?v=1741172462"},{"product_id":"mortal-engines","title":"Mortal Engines","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese fourteen science fiction stories reveal Lem’s fascination with artificial intelligence and demonstrate just how surprisingly human sentient machines can be. “Astonishing is not too strong a word for these tales” (Wall Street Journal). Translated and with an Introduction by Michael Kandel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanislaw Lem","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":53162929029411,"sku":"9780156621618","price":12.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780156621618.jpg?v=1741189022"},{"product_id":"the-futurological-congress-from-the-memoirs-of-ijon-tichy","title":"The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Futurological Congress\u003c\/em\u003e is the fourth satirical science fiction novel in the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy series from Kafka Prize–winning author Stanislaw Lem. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Nobody can really know the future. But few could imagine it better than Lem.”—\u003cem\u003eParis Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBringing his twin gifts of scientific speculation and scathing satire to bear on that hapless planet, Earth, Lem sends his unlucky cosmonaut, Ijon Tichy, to the Eighth Futurological Congress. Caught up in local revolution, Tichy is shot and so critically wounded that he is flashfrozen to await a future cure—a future whose strangeness exceeds anything the congress conjectured.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTranslated by Michael Kandel.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A vision of Earth’s future where the authorities dose the population with ‘psychemicals’ to make life in a desperately over-populated world worth living.”—\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"Stanislaw Lem","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":53164991349027,"sku":"9780156340403","price":15.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780156340403.jpg?v=1741195480"}],"url":"https:\/\/epicreads.com\/collections\/stanislaw-lem.oembed","provider":"Epic Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}