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• vii • A Portrait of the Artist as a Thing Antediluvian • essay by Michael Kandel
• 1 • Braving the Unknown • essay by Michael Kandel
• 3 • "The Conder" from the Invincible • short fiction by
  Stanisław Lem^?Stanislaw Lem
  (trans. of
  Niezwyciężony (excerpt)^?Niezwyciezony (excerpt)
  unpublished) [as by Stanislaw Lem]
• 28 • From Solaris • short fiction by
  Stanisław Lem^?Stanislaw Lem
  (trans. of Solaris (excerpt) unpublished) [as by Stanislaw Lem]
• 44 • Ordeal by Space • essay by Michael Kandel
• 46 • The Test • [Pilot Pirx] • (1979) • novelette by
  Stanisław Lem^?Stanislaw Lem
  (trans. of Test 1958) [as by Stanislaw Lem]
• 85 • Chapter Seven of Return from the Stars • (1980) • short fiction by
  Stanisław Lem^?Stanislaw Lem
  (trans. of
  Powrót z gwiazd (excerpt)^?Powrot z gwiazd (excerpt)
  unpublished) [as by Stanislaw Lem]
• 103 • Ijon Ticky • essay by Michael Kandel
• 105 • From the Futurological Congress • [
  Ze wspomnień Ijona Tichego / From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy^?Ze wspomnien Ijona Tichego / From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy
  ] • short fiction by
  Stanisław Lem^?Stanislaw Lem
  (trans. of Kongres futurologiczny (excerpt) unpublished) [as by Stanislaw Lem]
• 133 • The Cybernetic Fairy Tale • essay by Michael Kandel
• 135 • Two Monsters • [Bajki robotów (Robots' Fables)] • (1977) • short story by
  Stanisław Lem^?Stanislaw Lem
  (trans. of Dwa potwory 1964) [as by Stanislaw Lem]
• 144 • The Second Sally • [Cyberiada (The Cyberiad)] • novelette by
  Stanisław Lem^?Stanislaw Lem
  (trans. of Wyprawa druga, czyli oferta króla Okrucyusza 1965) [as by Stanislaw Lem]
• 170 • Tale of the Computer That Fought a Dragon • [Bajki robotów (Robots' Fables)] • (1977) • short story by
  Stanisław Lem^?Stanislaw Lem
  (trans. of
  Bajka o maszynie cyfrowej, co ze smokiem walczyła^?Bajka o maszynie cyfrowej, co ze smokiem walczyla
  1963) [as by Stanislaw Lem]
• 178 • The History of Zipperupus • [Cyberiada (The Cyberiad)] • short fiction by
  Stanisław Lem^?Stanislaw Lem
  (trans. of
  Bajka o trzech maszynach opowiadających króla Genialona^?Bajka o trzech maszynach opowiadajacych krola Genialona
  1965) [as by Stanislaw Lem]
• 199 • High Nonsense from the Star Diaries • essay by Michael Kandel
• 202 • The Seventh Voyage • [Ijon Tichy] • (1976) • short story by
  Stanisław Lem^?Stanislaw Lem
  (trans. of
  Podróż siódma^?Podroz siodma
  1964) [as by Stanislaw Lem]
• 223 • The Fourteenth Voyage • [Ijon Tichy] • (1976) • novelette by
  Stanisław Lem^?Stanislaw Lem
  (trans. of
  Podróż czternasta^?Podroz czternasta
  1957) [as by Stanislaw Lem]
• 250 • A Recent Experiment • essay by Michael Kandel
• 252 • Marcel Coscat: Les Robinsonades: (Editions du Seuil, Paris) • [The Apocryphs] • short story by
  Stanisław Lem^?Stanislaw Lem
  (trans. of "Les Robinsonades" par Marcel Coscat 1971) [as by Stanislaw Lem]