false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166889908m/18194.jpg 18194 20 Trurl and Klaupacius are constructor robots who try to out-invent each other. They travel to the far corners of the cosmos to take on freelance problem-solving jobs, with dire consequences for their employers. “The most completely successful of his books... here Lem comes closest to inventing a real universe” (Boston Globe). Illustrations by Daniel Mr—z. Translated by Michael Kandel. 2371216 1967 The Cyberiad total:610|5:281|4:209|3:91|2:25|1:4| 610 2568 924 66 5 7 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Fri Aug 17 03:04:56 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 22:23:40 -0700 2007 ...seek medical help. There are several essential Lem books and stories.

And this is one of them. Both of them. Something like that. It's an essential Lem book of essential Lem stories.

The basic outline is simple: two r...more...]]> 4 4 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985 Thu Jan 08 15:33:34 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 08:28:59 -0800 2009
The most impressive sequences, which ha...more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 18 21:07:41 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 06 23:26:20 -0700 2009 The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul in which three of his short stories were featured. His stories touched on issues in philosophy, topics having to do with artificial intelligence, consciousness, ph...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 07:23:18 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 07:32:21 -0800 2009 1 ...more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jan 08 13:25:38 -0800 2009 Fri Oct 30 00:44:39 -0700 2009
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Stories run the gamut from hilarious, to post-apocalyptic; and through it all, there are robots...funny, silly, well written robots.]]> 0 0 false false Wed Oct 28 19:07:31 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 19:09:33 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Sep 04 23:18:40 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 23:22:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 03 10:56:38 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 11:00:45 -0700 2009 5 0 true false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1997 Fri Jun 22 09:26:20 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 09:40:34 -0700 2007 Synopsis: Two robots, Trurl and Klapaucius, who are "Constructors" travel around the universe using their trade to help other robots. Hilarity ensues as one philisophical conundrum after another is considered by the playful duo.

Whereas most Science-Fiction is set in the future...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Dec 02 10:55:12 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 10:55:51 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jan 13 22:22:12 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 22:24:42 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Mar 06 08:52:06 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 08:52:46 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Feb 01 15:28:04 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 15:30:59 -0800 2008
I laughed ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 06:00:29 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 25 09:10:27 -0800 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=18194