Lem has certainly taken that idea to heart with this short but powerful book. Autor stanislaw lem september 1921 im heutigen lwiw lemberg, ukraine. The world economic forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. His father was a wealthy laryngologist, and young stanislaw followed him into medicine. Katar ist ein kriminalroman des vor allem durch seine sciencefictionromane bekannten polnischen autors stanislaw lem aus dem jahr 1976.
Cyberiad, the futurological congress, realistic a perfetc vacuum, hospital of. Marlena keil, frank genser, uwe schmieder, friederike tiefenbacher, t. Kongres futurologiczny is a 1971 black humour science fiction novel by polish author stanislaw lem. It details the exploits of the hero of a number of his books, ijon tichy, as he visits the eighth world futurological congress at a hilton hotel in costa rica.
The hardcover of the leadership development by manfred f. Suhrkamp, frankfurt am main 1981, isbn 3518370863, s. Stanislaw lem is currently considered a single author. Media book 88, paper book 76, ebook 7 clouds tag cloud, author cloud, tag mirror. The name is an allusion to summa theologiae by thomas aquinas. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those. Summa technologiae the title is in latin, meaning sum of technology in english is a 1964 1967 second edition book by polish author stanislaw lem. Should i read the other books of the ijon tichy series to understand this one. And why indeed should it behave otherwise, being truly intelligent. The book exhibits depth of insight and irony usual for lems creations.
A smart machine will first consider which is more worth its while. Boeken van stanislaw lem koop je eenvoudig online bij. Fiasco recapitulates and reflects on the literary and cognitive themes of lems farewell novel, and happy end of the world. Soms was lem zijn tijd ruim vooruit, bijvoorbeeld in het futurologisch congres, waarin. Summa is one of the first collection of philosophical essay s by lem. Philosopher of the future closes with a twopart coda.
It details the exploits of the hero of a number of his books, ijon tichy, as he. Incorporated as a notforprofit foundation in 1971, and headquartered in geneva, switzerland, the forum is tied to no political, partisan or national interests. The futurological congress is a first person account through the eyes of a recurring lem character by the name of ijon tichy. His books have been translated into 41 languages and have sold over 27 million copies. Informatik, postgraduelle ausbildung zum systemischen familientherapeuten.
Stanislaw lem invincible literature project youtube. Johannes stroebel agenda contributor world economic forum. Here are my top ten novels by polish author stanislaw lem. List of books by stanislaw lem stored on this site. The book is lems take on the common science fictional trope of an apparently utopian future that. T reads in a book of a star with a tunnel constructed through it, dangerous to navigate, and a treacherous dark region nearby that may contain a pirate.