A space cruiser, in search of its sister ship, encounters beings
descended from self-replicating machines. In the grand tradition of
H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, Stanislaw Lem's The Invincible tells
the story of a space cruiser sent to an obscure planet to determine
the fate of a sister spaceship whose communication with Earth has
abruptly ceased. Landing on the planet Regis III, navigator Rohan
and his crew discover a form of life that has apparently evolved
from autonomous, self-replicating machines-perhaps the survivors of
a "robot war." Rohan and his men are forced to confront the classic
quandary: what course of action can humanity take once it has
reached the limits of its knowledge? In The Invincible, Lem has his
characters confront the inexplicable and the bizarre: the problem
that lies just beyond analytical reach.
General
| Imprint: |
MIT Press
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
The MIT Press |
| Release date: |
February 2020 |
| First published: |
2020 |
| Authors: |
Stanislaw Lem
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| Foreword by: |
N. Katherine Hayles
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| Translators: |
Bill Johnston
(Translator (Polish to English))
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| Dimensions: |
203 x 137 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
240 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-262-53847-3 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-262-53847-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780262538473 |
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