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The truth and other stories / Stanisław Lem ; translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

This collection features twelve science fiction stories written between 1956 and 1993, including nine previously unpublished in English. The narratives explore themes of artificial intelligence, cosmology, and evolution through a sardonic lens.

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