The Star Diaries

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The Star Diaries
Author Stanisław Lem
Original title Polish: Dzienniki gwiazdowe
Country Poland
Language Polish, English
Genre(s) Science fiction
Publication date New York, 1976
Media type Print (Paperback)

Dzienniki gwiazdowe is a 1971 collection of short stories by Polish writer Stanisław Lem around the character of space traveller Ijon Tichy. The collection was published in English in two volumes, The Star Diaries (published New York, 1976) and Memoirs of a Space Traveller (published London, 1982).

Contents

[edit] Stories

[edit] The Star Diaries

  • Introduction and Introduction to the Expanded Edition, in which Professor Tarantoga presents the latest information on the documentation of Ijon Tichy's exploits.
  • "The Seventh Voyage", in which Ijon Tichy's spaceship's rudder is stuck and he is forced through a series of vortices, much to his repeated frustration.
  • "The Eighth Voyage", in which Ijon Tichy represents Earth to petition for its inclusion to the United Planets.
  • "The Eleventh Voyage", in which Ijon Tichy travels in disguise to the planet Circia to attempt to bring an end to hostilities coming from its robot population.
  • "The Twelfth Voyage", in which Ijon Tichy receives a present of Professor Tarantoga's newest invention.
  • "The Thirteenth Voyage", in which Ijon Tichy sets out to meet Master Oh.
  • "The Fourteenth Voyage", in which Ijon Tichy goes hunting for Squamp.
  • "The Twentieth Voyage"
  • "The Twenty-first Voyage"
  • "The Twenty-second Voyage"
  • "The Twenty-third Voyage"
  • "The Twenty-fifth Voyage"
  • "The Twenty-eighth Voyage"

[edit] Adaptations

German-language adaptations of several voyages taken by Ijon Tichy exist. In 2001 and 2002, two independent short films were made, running about 15 minutes each, directed by Dennis Jacobsen, Randa Chahoud, and Oliver Jahn (Jahn also played main character Ijon Tichy), Nora Tschirner starring as his female hologram. In 2006, the same team produced a mini series called Ijon Tichy: Raumpilot for German TV, 6 episodes, 15 minutes per episode again, which premiered March 2007 on ZDF. Both short-films are available as legal downloads from the official site of production company Bildwerke Berlin, the series is commercially available on DVD.

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