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Eden (Helen & Kurt Wolff Book) (Paperback)

by Stanislaw Lem (Author)
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  • Paperback: 276 pages
  • Publisher: Harcourt Publishers Ltd; Reprint edition (Oct 1991)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0156278065
  • ISBN-13: 978-0156278065
  • Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.7 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 359,534 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Six men crash-land on a planet in another solar system and, in an attempt to communicate with its inhabitants, they encounter violence and human cruelty.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Completely Alien, 8 Jul 2003
By J. Alvarez "Jenaro Álvarez" (Bristol) - See all my reviews
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Contacting an alien civilisation has always been one of the most popular motivs of sci-fi literature. This book is about it; however, unlike most approaches to the subject, the civilisation that mankind comes across with is _really_ alien. The whole point of the book is to prove that it might not be so easy to get in contact with extraterrestial intelligent beings, let alone communicate with them. The way we understand the world around us is based on categories and values that are very human; but that does not mean that they are really universal.

This book is really exciting, in that sense. A crew of explorers lands in a planet, finds an alien civilisation, wanders around the planet, sees many aliens behaving in absolutely uncomprehensible ways and never get really close to understand what's happening around them. As it tends to happen with Lem's books, the end is a bit disappointing, only because the expectations he draws along are very high and it's simply very difficult to keep up to them. However I think this book is truly original and very recommendable.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars space craft crashes on planet with strange civilisation, 24 Jun 2001
By fatgerbil (ipswich, suffolk England) - See all my reviews
a companion piece to lems the invincible. 5 astronauts crashing on strange planet find even stranger civilisation which they struggle to comprehend. an excellent read - one of my favourite books. if you like lem you will like this.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Turkey found in a bathtub, 23 Oct 2008
By Mr. Nigel JB McFarlane "Nigel McFarlane" (Flitwick, Bedfordshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This travelogue of weird plants, structures and sluggy aliens is written without any regard for plausibility or characterisation. In fact, the only thing less plausible than the juvenile plot is that it comes from the pen of the incomparable Stanislaw Lem, at the height of his powers.
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