Mortal Engines (Bard Book)

by Stanislaw Lem

Michael Kandel (Translator)

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'A virtuoso storyteller ... a Jorge Luis Borges for the Space Age' The New York Times

'He was a robot-hypochondriac. On his squeaking cart he carried a complete set of spare parts.'

A freighter pilot leads a manhunt across the Moon for a robot gone berserk; a shapeshifting assassin falls in love with the man she's programmed to kill; a paranoid King converts his kingdom into his artificial mind, but his dreams rebel. These stories range from surreal fables that satirically turn the fairy tale on its head, to longer works including the man vs. robot thriller, 'The Hunt', and possibly fiction's strangest love story, 'The Mask'. InMortal Engines Stanislaw Lem lays bare humanity's clash with machines, masterfully exploring science fiction's furthest frontiers.

  • ISBN10 0826401317
  • ISBN13 9780826401311
  • Publish Date 1 February 1977
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 13 March 2021
  • Imprint Continuum
  • Format Hardcover
  • Language English