The Cyberiad, sometimes subtitled Fables for the Cybernetic Age, is a series of satirical science fiction short stories by Polish writer Stanisław Lem published during 1964-1979. The first collected set of stories was originally published in 1965, with an English translation by Michael Kandel first appearing in 1974.
First Edition (Polish)
A mural in Kraków, Poland, depicting an unspecified robot imagined by Lem
Trurl's Elektrybałt at the Copernicus Science Centre: you type some words, and Elektrybałt makes up a poetic work in the specified genre.
Stanisław Herman Lem 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. Worldwide, he is best known as the author of the 1961 novel Solaris. In 1976 Theodore Sturgeon wrote that Lem was the most widely read science fiction writer in the world.
Lem in 1966
House No. 4 on Bohdan Lepky Street in Lviv, where, according to his autobiography Highcastle, Lem spent his childhood
Stanisław Lem and toy cosmonaut, 1966
Lem signing in Kraków, 30 October 2005
