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Publisher | MIT Press Ltd |
Year | 18/02/2020 |
Pages | 240 |
Version | paperback |
Readership level | General/trade |
Language | English |
ISBN | 9780262538473 |
Categories | Classic science fiction |
In the grand tradition of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, Stanis aw 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.
The Invincible