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Stanislaw Lem
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Twelve stories by science-fiction master Stanislaw Lem, nine of them never before published in English.
Of these 12 short stories by science-fiction master Stanislaw Lem, only three have previously appeared in English, making this the first "new" book of fiction by Lem since the late 1980s. The stories display the full range of Lem's intense curiosity about scientific ideas as well as his sardonic approach to human nature, presenting as multifarious a collection of mad scientists as anyone could wish for. Many of these stories feature artificial intelligences or artificial life-forms, long a Lem preoccupation; some feature quite insane theories of cosmology or evolution. All are thought-provoking and scathingly funny.
Written from 1956 to 1993, the stories are arranged in chronological order. In the title story, "The Truth", a scientist in an insane asylum theorizes that the sun is alive; "The Journal" appears to be an account by an omnipotent being describing the creation of infinite universes—until, in a classic Lem twist, it turns out to be no such thing; in "An Enigma", beings debate whether offspring can be created without advanced degrees and design templates. Other stories feature a computer that can predict the future by 137 seconds, matter-destroying spores, a hunt in which the prey is a robot, and an electronic brain eager to go on the lam. These stories are peak Lem, exploring ideas and themes that resonate throughout his writing.
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Trurl and Klaupacius are constructor robots who try to out-invent each other. Over the course of their adventures in The Cyberiad, they travel to the far corners of the cosmos to take on freelance problem-solving jobs, with dire consequences for their unsuspecting employers.
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If Dr. Suess Wrote Science Fiction...
- De Nils J. Rasmussen en 05-27-14
De: Stanislaw Lem
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Lavinia
- De: Ursula K. Le Guin
- Narrado por: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Duración: 11 h y 36 m
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Highly acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin lends a resonant voice to a pivotal yet often overlooked character of Vergil's The Aeneid. Born into peace and freedom, Lavinia is stunned to learn that she will be the cause of a great war - or so the prophecies and omens claim. Her fate is sealed, however, when she meets a man from Troy.
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Fascinatingly well written
- De Kennet en 03-11-09
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A Meeting with Medusa
- De: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 1 h y 59 m
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"A Meeting with Medusa" was first published in the December 1971 issue of Playboy. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
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Prelude for the Reynolds / Baxter collaboration
- De Michael G Kurilla en 02-28-17
De: Arthur C. Clarke
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The Best of Jerry Pournelle
- De: John F. Carr - editor
- Narrado por: Joel Richards
- Duración: 22 h y 48 m
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For the better part of five decades, Jerry Pournelle's name has been synonymous with hard-hitting science fiction. For the first time, all of Pournelle's best short work has been collected in a single volume. Herein you will find over a dozen short stories, each with a new introduction by editor and longtime Pournelle assistant John F. Carr, as well as essays and remembrances by Pournelle collaborators and admirers.
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Mostly good
- De Jeff G en 04-07-21
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Slippage
- De: Harlan Ellison
- Narrado por: Cindy Kay, Luis Moreno
- Duración: 14 h y 28 m
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With this, his bestselling and most critically acclaimed collection ever, Ellison celebrates four decades of brilliant, outrageous writing. The award-winning novella Mefisto in Onyx is the centerpiece of an irreverent and wildly imaginative book that the San Diego Union-Tribune called "electrifying … Ellison is back, as unsettling as ever."
De: Harlan Ellison
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The Birthday of the World
- And Other Stories
- De: Ursula K. Le Guin
- Narrado por: Christina Moore
- Duración: 14 h y 11 m
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Ursula K. Le Guin has enthralled fans with her imagination, clarity, and moral vision. The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and five Hugo and five Nebula Awards, this renowned writer has created a provocative, ever-evolving universe filled with diverse worlds and rich characters reminiscent of our earthly selves. Now, in The Birthday of the World, this gifted artist returns to these worlds in eight brilliant short works, including a never-before-published novella, each of which probes the essence of humanity.
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Only worth it for Paradises Lost
- De DEC en 10-27-21
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Needle in a Timestack
- And Other Stories
- De: Robert Silverberg
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 24 h y 6 m
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Needle in a Timestack is Robert Silverberg at his very best - intelligent, inventive, and visionary. This collection showcases his talent for thought-provoking science fiction, ranging in themes from time travel to space travel, the media to mortality. In the titular story - under development as a feature film by Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley - a jealous ex-husband warps time in a vindictive attempt to destroy his former wife's new marriage. Thirty-one identical sons have a shocking surprise for their mother in "There Was an Old Woman".
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Meh
- De JonDC70 en 07-19-20
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume One
- De: Neil Clarke - editor
- Narrado por: Amy Tallmadge, Jeremy Arthur
- Duración: 28 h y 4 m
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The best science fiction scrutinizes our culture and politics, examines the limits of the human condition, and zooms across galaxies at faster-than-light speeds, moving from the very near future to the far-flung worlds of tomorrow in the space of a single sentence. Neil Clarke has selected the short science fiction (and only science fiction) best representing the previous year's writing, showcasing the talent, variety, and awesome "sensawunda" that the genre has to offer.
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Hit and Miss; Many more misses than hits
- De Terrence Feenstra en 09-15-16
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Mortal Engines
- De: Stanislaw Lem
- Narrado por: Scott Aiello
- Duración: 8 h y 33 m
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These fourteen science fiction stories reveal Lem’s fascination with artificial intelligence and demonstrate just how surprisingly human sentient machines can be.
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who can listen too this?
- De Amazon Customer en 07-19-17
De: Stanislaw Lem
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The Unreal and the Real
- Selected Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin, Volume One: Where on Earth
- De: Ursula K. Le Guin
- Narrado por: Tandy Cronyn
- Duración: 11 h y 44 m
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The Unreal and the Real is a major event not to be missed. In this two-volume selection of Ursula K. Le Guin's best short stories--as selected by the National Book Award winning author herself--the reader will be delighted, provoked, amused, and faced with the sharp, satirical voice of one of the best short story writers of the present day. Where on Earth explores Le Guin's earthbound stories which range around the world, from small town Oregon to middle Europe in the middle of revolution to summer camp.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Shame on you, Audible
- De Audrey McCombs en 07-03-20
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Return from the Stars
- De: Stanislaw Lem, Barbara Marszal - translator, Frank Simpson - translator
- Narrado por: Scott Aiello
- Duración: 9 h y 44 m
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Hal Bregg is an astronaut who returns from a space mission in which only 10 biological years have passed for him, while 127 years have elapsed on Earth. He finds that the Earth has changed beyond recognition, filled with human beings who have been medically neutralized. How does an astronaut join a civilization that shuns risk?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Starts well but...
- De Gregory en 01-06-15
De: Stanislaw Lem, y otros
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Words Are My Matter
- Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016, with a Journal of a Writer’s Week
- De: Ursula K. Le Guin
- Narrado por: Laural Merlington
- Duración: 13 h y 17 m
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A must-listen collection, Words Are My Matter is a manual for investigating the depth and breadth of contemporary fiction - and, through the lens of deep considerations of contemporary writing, a way of exploring the world we are all living in. "We need writers who know the difference between production of a market commodity and the practice of an art. Developing written material to suit sales strategies in order to maximize corporate profit and advertising revenue is not the same thing as responsible book publishing or authorship."
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of Le Guin's best collections
- De Cameron en 05-11-19
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Memoirs Found in a Bathtub
- De: Stanislaw Lem
- Narrado por: Jeff Woodman
- Duración: 7 h y 4 m
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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.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Better Read then Heard
- De Kenny en 01-16-12
De: Stanislaw Lem
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A Time of Changes
- De: Robert Silverberg
- Narrado por: Pete Bradbury
- Duración: 8 h y 15 m
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As Kinnall Darival writes "I" in his journal, he knows this pronoun is forbidden by his people of Manneran because it is too personal. But through the use of a powerful, mind-altering drug, he has learned to understand what people are really feeling and to speak for himself. Now he is compelled to share his message of liberation, regardless of the risk. This science fiction classic is a cult favorite from a Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author.
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4 out of 5 stars
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One of the Better Silverberg Novels
- De Jeff Koeppen en 04-19-25
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The Food of the Gods
- De: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 11 m
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"The Food of the Gods" was first published in the May 1964 issue of Playboy. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a grand master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Sample
- De John hammond en 03-08-20
De: Arthur C. Clarke
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- Kirry
- 11-06-23
Some of the best Lem
I am a gigantic fan of Lem; The Cyberiad is my favorite book of all time. This collection is really exceptional and a great testament to his outstanding creative mind. Several of these stories will stick with me for the rest of my life for sure.
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- Ryan
- 06-21-22
The author reads without any passion
The stories are amazing as almost all of Stanislaw Lem's stories are, but the author reads slowly and without passion, giving a lusterless flat affected patena to every tale.
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- Michael Healy
- 06-24-22
A lost treasure chest.
It’s a great day when a new book of Lem stories appears. Let’s have more great days.
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- Diogenes
- 06-29-22
Excellent!
I loved it! It's so nice to have new Lem translated. He is truly one of the greatest sci-fi authors to have ever lived. These stories run the gamut of his interests, from adventurous sci-fi, to something approaching cosmic horror, to philosophy and futurism. I can't recommend it enough. And the reader did a great job too. Very engaging.
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- Bjorn
- 09-04-23
Predicting and explaining chatgpt 60 years ago
I love Lem. Douglas Adam's meets aldous Huxley with a sprinkle of Philip k Dick spread on a plate of either Clarke or Stephen Baxter.
Highly recommended to stay sane in times like this.
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- GREGORY
- 02-08-23
Great Book of Stories
Fantastic stories. Important subjects such as consciousness, what is life, artificial intelligence and other told from and interesting angle with wit, imagination, and sense of humor in a couple of stories.
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