Janusz A. Zajdel

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born

August 15, 1938 in Warsaw, Poland

died

July 19, 1985

gender

male

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Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Janusz Andrzej Zajdel (August 15, 1938 in Warsaw – July 19, 1985 in Warsaw) was a prominent Polish science fiction author. He died from cancer.

Zajdel is a precursor of social and dystopian fiction. In his works, he envisions totalitarian states and collapsed societies. His heroes are desperately trying to find sense in world around them, sometimes, as in Cylinder van Troffa, they are outsiders from a different time or place, trying to adapt to a new environment. The main recurring theme in his works is a comparison of the readers' gloomy, hopeless situations to what may happen in a space environment if we carry totalitarian ideas and habits into space worlds: Red Space Republics or Space Labour Camps, or both.

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Average rating: 4.12 · 708 ratings · 9 reviews · 14 distinct works

	Limes inferior 4.26 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 1982 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Paradyzja 4.16 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 1984 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Cylinder Van Troffa 4.14 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1980 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Cała prawda o planecie Ksi. Drugie spojrzenie na planetę Ksi. 3.93 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	Wyjście z cienia 3.94 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1983 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Dokad Jedzie Ten Tramwaj? 3.91 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1988	My rating:
	Prawo do powrotu 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1975	My rating:
	List pożegnalny 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1989	My rating:
	Relacja z pierwszej ręki 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Ogon diabła 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1982	My rating:

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