{"product_id":"9780547538518","title":"The Cyberiad: Fables for the Cybernetic Age","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Lem has an almost Dickensian genius for vividly realizing the tragedy and comedy of future machines.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e These are the stories of Trurl and Klapaucius, master inventors and engineers known as “constructors,” who have created marvels for kingdoms. Friends and rivals, they are constantly outdoing and challenging each other to reveal the next great evolution in cybernetics, and the exploits of these brilliant men are nothing short of incredible.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e From tales of love, in which a robotic prince must woo a robotic princess enchanted by pleasures of true flesh, to epics of battle, in which the heroic constructors must use their considerable wit to outsmart a monarch obsessed with hunting, to examinations of humanity, wherein Trurl and Klapaucius must confront the limits of their skills and the meaning of true perfection, these stories are rich with profound questions, unimaginable marvels, and remarkable feats.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Hailed as “the most completely successful of [Lem’s] books,” \u003ci\u003eThe Cyberiad \u003c\/i\u003eis an outrageously funny and incomparably wise collection of short stories, taking an insightful look at mechanics, technology, invention, and human ambition (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120314597616,"sku":"9780547538518","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547538518_p0.jpg?v=1769896163","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547538518","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}