Trurl and Klaupacius are constructor robots who try to out-invent each other. They travel to the far corners of the cosmos to take on freelance problem-solving jobs, with dire consequences for their employers. "The most completely successful of his books... here Lem comes closest to inventing a real universe" (Boston Globe). Illustrations by Daniel Mr--z. Translated by Michael Kandel.
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This books is incredibly witty and a really great read. It is a collection of short stories about a couple of robots who are basically gods. The really high points that stick out to me, are the short story about a machine that can create anything that starts with the letter "N", a truly novel way to stop a terrible civil war, and a poem that is written entirely in the language of high mathematics (which sounds a lot stodgier than it really is, and it comes across as fairly Pythonesque in places).
If you like science fiction replete with good fun and social commentry I fully recommend this book.
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