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      The Invincible

      by Stanislaw Lem
      Published
      Apr 1976
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      223
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      A space cruiser encounters beings descended from self-replicating machines in this classic science fiction novel with echoes of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne.

      "A giant of mid-20th-century science fiction, in a league with Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, and Philip K. Dick." —The New York Times

      StanisÅ‚aw Lem's The Invincible tells the story of a space cruiser sent to an obscure planet to determine the fate of a sister spaceship whose communication with Earth has abruptly ceased. Landing on the planet Regis III, navigator Rohan and his crew discover a form of life that has apparently evolved from autonomous, self-replicating machines—perhaps the survivors of a "robot war." Rohan and his men are forced to confront the classic quandary: what course of action can humanity take once it has reached the limits of its knowledge?

      Lem has his characters confront the inexplicable and the bizarre: the problem that lies just beyond analytical reach.

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      First Edition Apr 1976 Ace ISBN13 9780441371716 ISBN10 044137171X
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      Feb 2020 MIT Press ISBN13 9780262538473 ISBN10 0262538474
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      Jun 1973 Continuum ISBN13 9780826401212 ISBN10 082640121X
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      Feb 2014 MIT Press ISBN13 9780262357685 ISBN10 0262357682
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      Feb 2018 Tantor Audio ISBN10 B079P31MR8
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