Fables for Robots
first publication date: 1964
genre: science fiction, short story
original title: Bajki robotów
original language: Polish
followed by: The Cyberiad
Fables for Robots (Polish: Bajki Robotów) is a series of humorous science fiction short stories by Polish writer Stanisław Lem, first printed in 1964. The fables are written in the grotesque form of folk fairy tales, set in the universe populated by robots. In this universe there are robot kings, robot peasants, robot knights, robot scientists; a robot damsel in distress is pestered by a robot dragon, robot dogs have robot fleas, etc.The Fables constituted the bulk of the collection Mortal Engines (ISBN 0156621614) translated by Michael Kandel. Two of them were also included into the 1981 collection The Cosmic Carnival of Stanislaw Lem (ISBN 0826400434). Source: Wikipedia (en)
Editions
2- date of publication: 1973ISBN-13: 978-3-518-37356-9
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