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Tag: Stanislaw Lem

Labyrinth of Stone

Posted on July 8, 2022July 5, 2022 by Daniel Bennett in Science fiction, writing

'Nothing changed in the labyrinth of stone. On Earth by this time the sun would have shifted quite a bit, but here the long lunar day held sway, [and] the sun seemed to keep hanging in the very same place, extinguishing the nearest stars, so that it was surrounded y a black void shot through … Continue reading Labyrinth of Stone →

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The Last Pheasant

Posted on June 5, 2021 by Daniel Bennett in Dystopia, Fiction, Science fiction

'"Really, Tichy. Don't be so demonic. Ours is simply a world in which more than twenty billion people live. Did you read today's Herald? The government of Pakistan claims that in this year's famine only 970,000 perished, while the opposition gives a figure of six million. In such a world where are you going to … Continue reading The Last Pheasant →

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