Posts tagged: stanislaw lem

Whispersync Daily Deal: Stanislaw Lem's Solaris read by Alessandro Juliani

Posted on 2014-04-09 at 13:23 by Sam

Wednesday, April 9, 2014: Today's Kindle Daily Deal is Bill Johnston's "definitive" 2011 translation of Stanislaw Lem's classic 1961 sf novel Solaris. "Telling of humanity's encounter with an alien intelligence on the planet Solaris, the 1961 novel is a cult classic, exploring the ultimate futility of attempting to communicate with extra-terrestrial life." On sale for $0.99 and offering a $1.99 Whispersync for Voice upgrade to the Audible edition, read by Battlestar Galactica's Alessandro Juliani for

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Release Day: Stanislaw Lem, Wool, and Tim Pratt's Briarpatch

Posted on 2012-08-27 at 16:02 by Sam

Well, it’s another off-Tuesday release day well worth a post, as Audible Frontiers has released a long list of science fiction from Stanislaw Lem, including The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age and Mortal Engines Narrated by Scott Aiello and The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy, The Star Diaries: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy, and Peace on Earth Narrated by David Marantz.

 

Also out today (Monday, August 27) is the much-lauded self-published sf series Wool Omnibus

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Posted in regular | Tagged hugh howey, release day, stanislaw lem, the cyberiad, wool