Ever since I read The Cyberiad, I was curious to see how Lem approached humans with his brilliance. I kinda hoped for a Pirx or Tichy adventure where they might actually meet with the cybernetic heroes from The Cyberiad and Mortal Engines. I think of the Eleventh Voyage and Peace on Earth as a precursor to Lem's robot universe envisioned in The Cyberiad. The aspect of sophisticated robots devolving to speaking Chaucer's Middle English with modern technical jargon (or Old Polish, as it probably is in the original version), and practicing a robot-form of 18th-century sadomasochism just blew me away. The original Star Trek and The Twilight Zone tried to border this kind of cerebral thinking, yet Lem surpassed them all, and took another step by making them very funny. This is why Lem is one of my favorite authors: he knows how to be both thought-provoking and hilarious at the same time.
Being Polish, I can tell you that it indeed is Old Polish in the original. Oh, and he is one of my favourite authors for pretty much the same reason too.
Tasty goodness from Lem. A favorite from my youth. Thanks!
Thank you, SO much. I couldn't find a site to read this anywhere, so this game in handy :D
Ever since I read The Cyberiad, I was curious to see how Lem approached humans with his brilliance. I kinda hoped for a Pirx or Tichy adventure where they might actually meet with the cybernetic heroes from The Cyberiad and Mortal Engines. I think of the Eleventh Voyage and Peace on Earth as a precursor to Lem's robot universe envisioned in The Cyberiad. The aspect of sophisticated robots devolving to speaking Chaucer's Middle English with modern technical jargon (or Old Polish, as it probably is in the original version), and practicing a robot-form of 18th-century sadomasochism just blew me away. The original Star Trek and The Twilight Zone tried to border this kind of cerebral thinking, yet Lem surpassed them all, and took another step by making them very funny. This is why Lem is one of my favorite authors: he knows how to be both thought-provoking and hilarious at the same time.
Being Polish, I can tell you that it indeed is Old Polish in the original. Oh, and he is one of my favourite authors for pretty much the same reason too.
Brilliant critique of party loyalty to communism!
Humans are indeed very voltthirsty
genius and i outta know as i am the new Patriarch to the aforementioned lizards...