{"product_id":"the-invincible-9780262538473","title":"The Invincible","description":"\u003cb\u003eA space cruiser, in search of its sister ship, encounters beings descended from self-replicating machines.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the grand tradition of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, Stanislaw Lem's \u003ci\u003eThe Invincible\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a space cruiser sent to an obscure planet to determine the fate of a sister spaceship whose communication with Earth has abruptly ceased. Landing on the planet Regis III, navigator Rohan and his crew discover a form of life that has apparently evolved from autonomous, self-replicating machines--perhaps the survivors of a \"robot war.\" Rohan and his men are forced to confront the classic quandary: what course of action can humanity take once it has reached the limits of its knowledge? In \u003ci\u003eThe Invincible\u003c\/i\u003e, Lem has his characters confront the inexplicable and the bizarre: the problem that lies just beyond analytical reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStanislaw Lem (1921-2006), a writer called \"worthy of the Nobel Prize\" by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, was an internationally renowned author of novels, short stories, literary criticism, and philosophical essays. His books have been translated into forty-four languages and have sold more than thirty million copies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eN. Katherine Hayles is Professor of English and Design\/Media Arts at the University of California at Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50601239216402,"sku":"9780262538473","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b3d6583f-3d5f-4743-b492-4a4d3bc53a3d.jpg?v=1732223844","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-invincible-9780262538473","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}