| Description |
236 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm |
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| Contents |
How the world was saved -- Trurl's machine -- A good shellacking. |
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Seven Sallies of Trurl and Klapaucius. First Sally, or The trap of Gargantius -- First Sally (A), or Trurl's electronic bard -- Second Sally, or The offer of King Krool -- Third Sally, or The dragons of probability -- 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 -- Fifth Sally, or The mischief of King Balerion -- Fifth Sally (A), or Trurl's prescription -- Sixth Sally, or How Trurl and Klapaucius created a demon of the second kind to defeat the Pirate Pugg -- Seventh Sally, or How Trurl's own perfection led to no good -- Tale of the three storytelling machines of King Genius -- Altruizine. |
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From the Cyphroeroticon, or Tales of deviations, superfixations and aberrations of the heart. Prince Ferrix and the Princess Crystal. |
| Summary |
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. |
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Science fiction, Polish.
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Science fiction, Polish. (OCoLC)fst01108701
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| Genre/Form |
Science fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726489
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Science fiction.
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Science fiction.
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| ISBN |
0038005174 : $1.50 |
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9780038005178 |
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