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Title	:	The Invincible
Author	:	Stanisław Lem
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 223 pages
Published	:	August 23rd 1973 by Sidgwick & Jackson (London) (first published 1964)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fiction

The Invincible Paperback | Pages: 223 pages

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The Invincible (Polish: Niezwyciężony) is a science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanislaw Lem, published in 1964. The Invincible originally appeared as the title story in Lem's collection Niezwyciężony i inne opowiadania ("The Invincible and Other Stories"). A translation into German was published in 1967; an English translation by Wendayne Ackerman, based on the German one, was published in 1973.

An interstellar 2nd-class cruiser called Invincible, lands on Regis III, a planet that seems bleakly uninhabited. Invincible, and crew, are there to investigate the loss of sister ship, Condor.

While maintaining the highest security measures, the crew begins searching for the lost Condor. Meanwhile, scientists start researching the planet, trying to identify sources of potential danger. During the search for the lost ship unknown structures are discovered, probably forming the equivalent of an Earth city. While a group of explorers scouts out the ruins, the Condor is found three hundred kilometers away (roughly 186 miles away).

Present Books To The Invincible

Original Title:	Niezwyciężony
ISBN:	0283979623 (ISBN13: 9780283979620)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 4.17 From 5852 Users | 316 Reviews

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With this book Lem is at his best. This is not only a SciFi book about a stellar cruiser crew investigating a mysterious disaster that befell the other starship on Regis 3. It is a contemplation on human nature as well as envisioning of other, non-human types of consciousness. In Invincible Lem continues the theme he had started in Solaris - he contemplates on the limits of human cognition and principal unknowability of the world. I was fascinated by Lem's unrestrained imagination in describing



4.5 stars would be more accurate. Fascinating premise. Great imagery. Plot moves quickly. Deserved a more interesting ending. Great fun though.

Luckily, I read the book in Serbian translation which was fairly good, so I didn't have to bother about it having been originally translated into German and then into English.Brilliant little book and such a sad story. It aroused so many conflicting emotions in me. At one point, I was infuriated by the crew's insistence on staying on Regis III and meddling with its ecosystem, and yet I was so startled when their plan to use the Cyclops backfired on them. Once again, Lem successfully sets out the

Easily one of Lem's best novels, tense and gripping I found myself reading it at 3AM because I wanted to know what would happen next. Cinematic, would make a good SF movie. Unusually rich characterization for Lem, too. Boggles my mind that it had no available direct English translation until this year.

Very impressive! Fans of Chrichton's `Prey` will be delighted! (-:

A short, raw, tight novel from Lem, dealing, in his inimitable manner, with an investigation of a ruined spaceship on a planet that holds a truly disturbing secret. One of Lem's best, this is true Verne-style futurizing.