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The Star Diaries
The Star Diaries is a series of short stories of the adventures of space traveller Ijon Tichy, of satirical nature, by Polish writer Stanisław Lem. The first ones were published in a 1954 collection Sezam i inne opowiadania and first published as a separate book in 1957 titled Dzienniki gwiazdowe, expanded in 1971. Closely related to this series is the series Ze wspomnień Ijona Tichego [From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy]. Usually these stories, and several others, are considered to be the same cycle of the adventures of Ijon Tichy.
The permit of the Communist censors for the 1954 publication described The Star Diaries as a satire of the capitalist society while failing to notice numerous parallels with the Communist society.
The collections were published in English in two volumes, The Star Diaries (published New York, 1976) and Memoirs of a Space Traveller: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy (published London, 1982).
Translated by Michael Kandel.
The translator’s note to this work adds that “the numbering of the Voyages conceals their true chronology: the Seventh appeared in 1964, the Fourteenth in 1957, the Eighteenth in 1971, the Twenty-second in 1954, and so on. Lem does not intend these adventures of lion Tichy to be read in the order in which they were written. That order however–22, 23, 25, 11, 12, 13, 14, 7, 8, 28, 20, 21–does reflect his development as a writer. For though there is much consistency of theme throughout the Diaries… the reader, looking chronologically, will find a definite shift from playful anecdote to pointed satire to outright philosophy.
Translated by Joel Stern and Maria Swiecicka-Ziemianek
The 2017 Kindle edition contains the first English translation of the following novel:
In 1965 a Polish TV film Professor Zazul was released, director Marek Nowicki.
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The Star Diaries
The Star Diaries is a series of short stories of the adventures of space traveller Ijon Tichy, of satirical nature, by Polish writer Stanisław Lem. The first ones were published in a 1954 collection Sezam i inne opowiadania and first published as a separate book in 1957 titled Dzienniki gwiazdowe, expanded in 1971. Closely related to this series is the series Ze wspomnień Ijona Tichego [From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy]. Usually these stories, and several others, are considered to be the same cycle of the adventures of Ijon Tichy.
The permit of the Communist censors for the 1954 publication described The Star Diaries as a satire of the capitalist society while failing to notice numerous parallels with the Communist society.
The collections were published in English in two volumes, The Star Diaries (published New York, 1976) and Memoirs of a Space Traveller: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy (published London, 1982).
Translated by Michael Kandel.
The translator’s note to this work adds that “the numbering of the Voyages conceals their true chronology: the Seventh appeared in 1964, the Fourteenth in 1957, the Eighteenth in 1971, the Twenty-second in 1954, and so on. Lem does not intend these adventures of lion Tichy to be read in the order in which they were written. That order however–22, 23, 25, 11, 12, 13, 14, 7, 8, 28, 20, 21–does reflect his development as a writer. For though there is much consistency of theme throughout the Diaries… the reader, looking chronologically, will find a definite shift from playful anecdote to pointed satire to outright philosophy.
Translated by Joel Stern and Maria Swiecicka-Ziemianek
The 2017 Kindle edition contains the first English translation of the following novel:
In 1965 a Polish TV film Professor Zazul was released, director Marek Nowicki.