{"product_id":"9780141394596-cyberiad-the","title":"The Cyberiad","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFables for the Cybernetic Age\u003cbr\u003e'Most cosmic civilizations long for things, in the depths of their souls, they would never openly admit to.' Trurl and Klapaucius are 'constructors' - they travel around the universe creating machines of astonishing inventiveness and power and visiting a bewildering variety of violent, peculiar and morose civilizations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA charming, mind-bending and anarchic book of imagined civilizations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Most cosmic civilizations long for things, in the depths of their souls, they would never openly admit to.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrurl and Klapaucius are 'constructors' - they travel around the universe creating machines of astonishing inventiveness and power and visiting a bewildering variety of violent, peculiar and morose civilizations.  \u003ci\u003eThe Cyberiad \u003c\/i\u003eis oddly reminiscent of \u003ci\u003eGulliver's Travels\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom Tollbooth \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAlice in Wonderland.  \u003c\/i\u003eCharming, mind-bending and anarchic, it is perhaps Lem's greatest work.  This edition includes all of Daniel Mroz's hallucinatory original illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30345215246433,"sku":"9780141394596","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32397726.jpg?v=1737227958","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141394596-cyberiad-the","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}