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| Author | Stanisław Lem |
|---|---|
| Original title | Obłok Magellana |
| Cover artist | Jan Młodożeniec |
| Language | Polish |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Iskry |
Publication date | 1955 |
| Publication place | Poland |
| Pages | 422 |
| LC Class | PG7158.L399 O2 |
| Preceded by | The Astronauts |
| Followed by | Sezam |
The Magellanic Cloud (Polish title: Obłok Magellana) is a 1955 science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem. Fragments of the novel were published earlier, in 1953 and 1954, in the magazine Przekrój. Some significant literary tropes featured in the novel include interstellar travel, "first contact", psychological fiction, a Communist utopia, and criticism of the capitalist militarism, which Lem himself characterized as an "extract of the times of Socialist realism".[1]
In 1963, the novel was adapted into the Czechoslovak film Ikarie XB-1.[2][3]
- ^ Information about the novel on the website dedicated to Stanislaw Lem
- ^ Sim, Krystal (16 September 2013). "Ikarie XB-1 DVD review". SciFi Now. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- ^ O'Neill, Phelim (31 August 2013). "This week's new DVD & Blu-ray Ikarie XB-1". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 November 2013.