Stanislaw Lem, Bill Johnston: Invincible (2020, MIT Press)
240 pages
English language
Published Jan. 7, 2020 by MIT Press.
Reads initially like the sort of traditional science fiction you might see on TV - rocket lands on foreign planet, sends out teams to discover what gives. what follows is a gripping scientific detective story as we learn the terrible secrets of a past race, and Lem takes us on a journey of wonder and awe. Reminiscent of the final passages of HG Wells' Time Machine as the author shows us beings and worlds we could never imagine. I've read this several times and will read it again and you should too.
Geweldig en intelligent 'first contact'-verhaal. Komt als een diesel op gang maar tegen het einde is het bloedenerverend.
After all these years, still a good book. The story takes some time to build up, but than it becomes a page turner. And of course, at it's time, this book was a true original.
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While a bit dated both in it's tech and the amount of time spent explaining theories.
The Invincible seems advanced in it's ideas about robotics for a book written in 1962-63.
I was hungry for some space adventure and I got my fill.
There's suspense and combat but Lem doesn't descend into military SF for it's own sake.
