Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Peace on Earth by Stanislaw Lem, Elinor Ford, Michael Kandel ISBN: 0-15-171554-8 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: 01 September, 1994 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Only Ijon Tichy could both destroy and save the planet.
Comment: Ijon Tichy, our favorite clutzy hero, who has been subjected to "benignimizers," time machines, insane robots and who was responsible for creating the universe, stays a little closer to home in this mind boggling little masterpiece. Lem, although unknowingly, created a strangely prophetic story for Y2K worry worts. The idea of our quest to become more advanced, no matter how idiotic the advancements, leads to our undoing; or for the optimist, a new beginning. I'm intentially being cryptic, as not to ruin the story, but this book is definitly worth its weight in LEM.
Rating: 5
Summary: Well, on the one hand(hemispere)...
Comment: Though not as ample in the sheer fun category as Lem's earlier outings with Ijon Tichy, this book reunites us with one of the author's most endearing protagonists in a physiological and top-secret caper. The split brain/ double Tichy dilemna somehow does not fall flat, and will make you wonder what your left hand is doing while you're busy on that mouse....
Rating: 3
Summary: Hardly Lem's Best, therefore is merely great SF
Comment: This is a new book by one of the most important authors in the 20th century, but the above review is too slick to be trusted. Indeed, die-hard Lem fans will be thrilled by a new book and will no doubt enjoy seeing Ijon Tichy again. But this book, though magnificent on speculation and satire, will not be the one to explain to all the non-Lem fans why we Lem fans go bonkers over him. This book is for people with an acquired taste for Lem. If that's not you, don't despair. Try "The Cyberiad" or "Solaris" (his most famous book) or "Fiasco".
 |
Title: His Master's Voice by Stanislaw Lem, Michael Kandel ISBN: 0810117312 Publisher: Northwestern University Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.37 |
 |
Title: Memoirs Found in a Bathtub by Stanislaw Lem, Christine Rose, Adele Kandel ISBN: 0156585855 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1986 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
 |
Title: The Investigation by Stanislaw Lem, Stanisaw Lem ISBN: 0156451581 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1986 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
 |
Title: The Cyberiad by Stanislaw Lem ISBN: 0156027593 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 16 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
 |
Title: Imaginary Magnitude by Stanislaw Lem ISBN: 0156441802 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1985 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
