The Cyberiad (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Stanislaw Lem
- First Published: 1965
- Type of Work: Stories
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—dystopia
- Time of Work: The distant future
- Setting: Various planets and space between them
- Genres: Short fiction, Science fiction, Dystopian fiction
- Subjects: Magic or magicians, Future, Other worlds, Space flight or travel, Robots or robotics
- Locales: Space, Fictional planets
The Plot
The Cyberiad, subtitled Fables for the Cybernetic Age, is a collection of related short stories set in a time after robots have escaped slavery at the hands of humanity; they live free throughout the galaxy. They have developed a feudal society, complete with kings, princesses, evil pirates, paupers, and serfs, and they seem to be much more like humans than unlike them. Most planets have one or two kingdoms, and the denizens of a particular kingdom tend not to travel much. Interstellar travel, like international travel during the Middle Ages, is reserved...
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