The Magellanic Cloud
1955 novel by Stanisław Lem / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Stanisław Lem novel. For the dwarf galaxies, see Magellanic Clouds.
The Magellanic Cloud (Polish title: Obłok Magellana) is a 1955 science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem. Fragments of the novel were published earlier, in 1953 and 1954, in the magazine Przekrój. Some significant literary tropes featured in the novel include interstellar travel, "first contact", psychological fiction, a Communist utopia, and criticism of the capitalist militarism, which Lem himself characterized as an "extract of the times of Socialist realism".[1]
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Author | Stanisław Lem |
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Original title | Obłok Magellana |
Cover artist | Jan Młodożeniec |
Country | Poland |
Language | Polish |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | Iskry |
Publication date | 1955 |
Pages | 422 |
LC Class | PG7158.L399 O2 |
Preceded by | The Astronauts |
Followed by | Sezam |
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In 1963, the novel was adapted into the Czechoslovak film Ikarie XB-1.[2][3]