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Lem, Stanisław

Fiasko

„Parádní přistání.“

Kiberiáda

Élt egyszer egy híres mérnök, egy nagy feltaláló, aki éjjel-nappal boszorkányos szerkezeteken törte a fejét, és csudálatosan okos gépeket épített.

(hungarian translation by Murányi Beatrix)

Solaris

V devět hodin palubního času jsem prošel kolem lidí stojících u startovací šachty a sestoupil po kovových příčlech do nitra kontejneru.

Solaris

At 19.00 hours, ship's time, I made my way to the launching bay.

(english translation by Joanna Kilmartin and Steve Cox)

One Human Minute: One Human Minute

This books presents what all the people in the world are doing, at the same time, in the course of one minute.

(english translation by Catherine S. Leach)

One Human Minute: The Upside-Down Evolution

Having gained access (by what means, I'm not at liberty to reveal) to several volumes on the military history of the twentyfirst century, I pondered, first and foremost, how to hide the information they contained.

(english translation by Catherine S. Leach)

One Human Minute: The World as Cataclysm

Books with titles like this one began to appear at the end of the twentieth century, but the image of the world contained in them did not become generally known until the next century, for only then did the discoveries germinating in widely separated branches of knowledge come together into a new synthesis.

(english translation by Catherine S. Leach)

The Futurological Congress

The Eighth World Futurological Congress was held in Costa Rica.

(english translation by Michael Kandel)

Memoirs Found In A Bathtub

...I couldn't seem to find the right room--none of them had the number designated on my pass.

(english translation by Michael Kandel and Christine Rose)

Eden

Because of a miscalculation, the craft dipped too low and hit the atmosphere with an earsplitting scream.

(english translation by Marc E. Heine)

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