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Hal Bregg is an astronaut who returns from a space mission in which only 10 biological years have passed for him, while 127 years have elapsed on earth. He finds that the earth has changed beyond recognition, filled with human beings who have been medically neutralized. How does an astronaut join a civilization that shuns risk? Translated by Barbara Marszal and Frank Simpson. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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Stanislaw Lem is the most widely translated and best known science fiction author writing outside of the English language. Winner of the Kafka Prize, he is a contributor to many magazines, including the New Yorker, and he is the author of numerous works, including Solaris.
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Text: English, Polish (translation)
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- PublisherAvon Books
- Publication date1982
- ISBN 10 0380585782
- ISBN 13 9780380585786
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
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Avon Books: Bard, New York, NY, 1982
ISBN 10: 0380585782
ISBN 13: 9780380585786
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Paperback. First Avon Bard Edition (1982) , so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Good in Wraps: shows moderate wear to the lower outside edge of the front panel; the expected tanning to the text pages due to aging; foxing to the outside edges of the text block; creases to the backstrip; the binding leans considerably but remains secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A well-loved copy, but structurally sound and tightly bound, showing moderate wear and several flaws. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (6.85 x 4.25 x 0.75 inches) . 247 pages. Translated from the Polish by Barbara Marszal and Frank Simpson. These stories were originally published in Polish in 1976. Language: English. Weight: 5 ounces. All edges tinted yellow. The English language hardcover edition was published in 1976. Mass Market Paperback. Stanislaw Lem (1921 2006) was a Polish writer of science fiction and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical and humorous character. Lem's books have been translated into more than 50 languages and have sold more than 45 million copies. Lem is perhaps best known as the author of the 1961 novel Solaris. His science fiction works explore philosophical themes through speculations on technology, the nature of intelligence, the impossibility of communication with and understanding of alien intelligence, despair about human limitations, and humanity's place in the universe. One of Lem's major recurring themes was the impossibility of communication between profoundly alien beings, which may have no common ground with human intelligence, and humans. "Return from the Stars" tackles such matters and the evolution of machine intelligence, alien contact, biological solutions to reduce or eliminate war and violence, and the psychology of alienation. Classic Lem. First Avon Bard Edition (1982), so stated. First Printing indicated by acomplete numerical sequence. Seller Inventory # 56987
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good -. Painted Front Cover. (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher. 247 pages." Synopsis: Beyond future shock. Space wasn't half so scary, half so strange, or even half so alien, as what Hal Bregg returned to. He had been away from Planet Earth for ten years space-time. But that was 127 years back home and a lot of things had changed. Sex. Money. Transit. Violence. There's no more violence. Everyone gets it 'betrizated' out of them in childhood. .">> Cover creasing.; cover scuffing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 20054-3
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ISBN 13: 9780380585786
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Painted Front Cover. (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher. 247 pages." Synopsis: Beyond future shock. Space wasn't half so scary, half so strange, or even half so alien, as what Hal Bregg returned to. He had been away from Planet Earth for ten years space-time. But that was 127 years back home and a lot of things had changed. Sex. Money. Transit. Violence. There's no more violence. Everyone gets it 'betrizated' out of them in childhood. .">> Cover creasing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 20054-2
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ISBN 10: 0380585782
ISBN 13: 9780380585786
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Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Near Fine: Small signs of wear. Cover Art: Stanislaw Fernandes (illustrator). 1982 Edition. © 1980: A stand-alone novel by Stansilaw Lem. 1st printing of 1982 edition. Translated by Barbara Marszal & Frank Simpson:- Synopsis: Beyond future shock. Space wasn't half so scary, half so strange, or even half so alien, as what Hal Bregg returned to. He had been away from Planet Earth for ten years space-time. But that was 127 years back home and a lot of things had changed. Sex. Money. Transit. Violence. There's no more violence. Everyone gets it 'betrizated' out of them in childhood. And that's just the beginning. Naturally, Hal refuses to be acclimated by the 'Adapt' people. He prefers to figure it out all by himself, be a stranger in a strange land, draw his own conclusions. And he does.:- Review(s): "In the unlikely event that a science-fiction writer is deemed worthy of a Nobel Prize in the near future, the most likely candidate would be a Pole named Stanislaw Lem" states The New York Times. And Fantasy & Science Fiction writes, "One of the world's finest writers. Lem has accomplished the difficult illusion of showing us a future world which may be distasteful to us, but which may be seen as quite legitimate and even desirable by its own people, and by us, if we were to change certain ways of seeing and understanding:- (original cost $2.95). Seller Inventory # 20.051.00071
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