description: 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.Contents:How the World Was Saved (1964)Trurl's Machine (1964)A Good Shellacking (1964)The First Sally, or The Trap of Gargantius (1965)The First Sally (A), or Trurl's Electronic Bard (1965)The Second Sally, or The Offer of King Krool (1965)The Third Sally, or The Dragons of Probability (1965)The Fourth Sally, or How Trurl Built a Femfatalatron to Save Prince Pantagoon from the Pangs of Love, and How Later He Resorted to a Cannonade of Babies (1965)The Fifth Sally, or The Mischief of King Balerion (1965)The Fifth Sally (A), or Trurl's Prescription (1965)The Sixth Sally, or How Trurl and Klapaucius Created a Demon of the Second Kind to Defeat the Pirate Pugg (1965)The Seventh Sally, or How Trurl's Own Perfection Led to No Good (1965)Tale of the Three Storytelling Machines of King Genius (1965)Altruizine, or A True Account of How Bonhomius the Hermetic Hermit Tried to Bring About Universal Happiness, and What Came of It (1965)Prince Ferrix and the Princess Crystal (1965)
language: English
title: The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age
titlecomplete: The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age
characters: Trurl, Klapaucjusz
genres: Fiction, Humor, Speculative Fiction, Classics, Science Fiction Fantasy, Polish Literature, Science Fiction, Poland, Fantasy, Short Stories
ratings_count: 12340
awards: awardedAt: 157795200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Translation
publisher: Avon