5/21/2023 0 Comments The Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem![]() ![]() The translation featured numerous arcane English words, I had to frequently call upon Kindle’s built-in dictionary to explain them, but it was not easy, I had to figure out which were real English words and which were made-up words (of which there were a plenty). ![]() The book was originally written in Polish but has been skilfully translated to English with the humours making their way, which normally gets lost in translation. Initially, you don’t get it, but as you keep reading, you get a feel of the brilliance of the author and understand that the tons of scientific sounding words from Astronomy, Quantum Physics and Artificial Intelligence are there to be humorous and to be philosophical. ![]() ![]() Though classified as Science Fiction, I will put the book under “Fantasy Fiction” & “Philosophy Fiction”. The constructors create civilizations, thinking machines, dreaming machines, philosophical machines, machines that can create machines, move around planets, create dragons, then dragon-hunting machines, mind-altering machines to save kingdoms and machines to help them to escape from ruthless kings. The book chronicles the adventures of two master-engineers, called constructors, named Trurl & Klapaucius, who could build anything that they set their mind to. Written in 1965 by the Polish writer Stanislaw Lem, “ The Cyberiad” is a collection of stories that happen in a distant future, when space travel between galaxies is a simple affair. What a book this was! I was blown away by the breadth and depth of imagination of the author. ![]()
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