Tales of Pirx the Pilot

Stanislaw Lem

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One of Lem's most endearing characters, Pirx is an everyman in Outer Space, a 'space truck driver'.

Mission: vertical launch at half booster power. Ascent to ellipsis B68. Correction to stable oriental path, with orbital period of four hours and twenty-six minutes. Proceed to rendezvous with shuttlecraft vehicles of the JO-2 type. There await further instructions.

Published: 19 September 2019
ISBN: 9780241400227
Imprint: Peng. Mod. Classics
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
RRP: $22.99

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Stanislaw Lem

Stanislaw Lem was a Polish author best known for his 1961 science fiction novel Solaris. He also wrote several other SF works including Eden (1959) and His Master's Voice (1968). Lem's books have been translated into over 40 languages and sold over 45 million copies. He was awarded numerous honours for his writing, including the City of Kraków's Prize in Literature, the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière and the Austrian State Prize for European Literature. Lem died in 2006, aged 84.