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The Seventh Voyage
Journey into space with Polish scifi master Stanislaw Lem. The whimsical time-loops of Ijon Tichy’s cosmic adventure ‘The Seventh Voyage’ are reminiscent of Douglas Adams, while the spectral whispers haunting Pirx the Pilot as he navigates his spaceship to Mars in ‘Terminus’, echo the author’s masterpiece Solaris. Then ‘The Mask’ introduces a perfect robot assassin and asks, can AI fall in love or refuse its programming? What if the target of its affections is also its prey?
176 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1976
About the author
Stanisław Lem
506 books4,804 followersStanisław Lem (staˈɲiswaf lɛm) was a Polish science fiction, philosophical and satirical writer of Jewish descent. His books have been translated into 41 languages and have sold over 27 million copies. He is perhaps best known as the author of Solaris, which has twice been made into a feature film. In 1976, Theodore Sturgeon claimed that Lem was the most widely read science-fiction writer in the world.
His works explore philosophical themes; speculation on technology, the nature of intelligence, the impossibility of mutual communication and understanding, despair about human limitations and humankind's place in the universe. They are sometimes presented as fiction, but others are in the form of essays or philosophical books. Translations of his works are difficult and multiple translated versions of his works exist.
Lem became truly productive after 1956, when the de-Stalinization period led to the "Polish October", when Poland experienced an increase in freedom of speech. Between 1956 and 1968, Lem authored 17 books. His works were widely translated abroad (although mostly in the Eastern Bloc countries). In 1957 he published his first non-fiction, philosophical book, Dialogi (Dialogues), one of his two most famous philosophical texts along with Summa Technologiae (1964). The Summa is notable for being a unique analysis of prospective social, cybernetic, and biological advances. In this work, Lem discusses philosophical implications of technologies that were completely in the realm of science fiction then, but are gaining importance today—like, for instance, virtual reality and nanotechnology. Over the next few decades, he published many books, both science fiction and philosophical/futurological, although from the 1980s onwards he tended to concentrate on philosophical texts and essays.
He gained international fame for The Cyberiad, a series of humorous short stories from a mechanical universe ruled by robots, first published in English in 1974. His best-known novels include Solaris (1961), His Master's Voice (Głos pana, 1968), and the late Fiasco (Fiasko, 1987), expressing most strongly his major theme of the futility of mankind's attempts to comprehend the truly alien. Solaris was made into a film in 1972 by Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky and won a Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1972; in 2002, Steven Soderbergh directed a Hollywood remake starring George Clooney.
He was the cousin of poet Marian Hemar.
His works explore philosophical themes; speculation on technology, the nature of intelligence, the impossibility of mutual communication and understanding, despair about human limitations and humankind's place in the universe. They are sometimes presented as fiction, but others are in the form of essays or philosophical books. Translations of his works are difficult and multiple translated versions of his works exist.
Lem became truly productive after 1956, when the de-Stalinization period led to the "Polish October", when Poland experienced an increase in freedom of speech. Between 1956 and 1968, Lem authored 17 books. His works were widely translated abroad (although mostly in the Eastern Bloc countries). In 1957 he published his first non-fiction, philosophical book, Dialogi (Dialogues), one of his two most famous philosophical texts along with Summa Technologiae (1964). The Summa is notable for being a unique analysis of prospective social, cybernetic, and biological advances. In this work, Lem discusses philosophical implications of technologies that were completely in the realm of science fiction then, but are gaining importance today—like, for instance, virtual reality and nanotechnology. Over the next few decades, he published many books, both science fiction and philosophical/futurological, although from the 1980s onwards he tended to concentrate on philosophical texts and essays.
He gained international fame for The Cyberiad, a series of humorous short stories from a mechanical universe ruled by robots, first published in English in 1974. His best-known novels include Solaris (1961), His Master's Voice (Głos pana, 1968), and the late Fiasco (Fiasko, 1987), expressing most strongly his major theme of the futility of mankind's attempts to comprehend the truly alien. Solaris was made into a film in 1972 by Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky and won a Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1972; in 2002, Steven Soderbergh directed a Hollywood remake starring George Clooney.
He was the cousin of poet Marian Hemar.
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April 7, 2026
There are three stories in this book.
The least successful is The Mask where the story is told from the point of view of a 'female' robot assassin, who falls in love with her intended victim. Will she follow through on her instructions? Read to the very end...
The second story is about 'Terminus' another robot who starts behaving strangely once the voyage he's on as a maintenance robot takes off to head to Mars. Pirx is the name of the Pilot of the spaceship named The Blue Star. He discovers that the spaceship had been 'written off' previously when it was known as The Coriolanus. It would appear that the repairs took over a decade and that Terminus was on board all that time. Terminus starts having nightmares and taps out on the piping of the ship in morse code all the messages he'd picked up from the human crew of The Coriolanus all those years ago when they were waiting for help that never came...
The Seventh Voyage is a clever and funny story about repairing the rudder of a spaceship as it heads through space vortices that distort time, so the single pilot Ijon Tichy (the same character as in The Futurological Congress for example) has to rely on future and past versions of himself to get the job done.
The least successful is The Mask where the story is told from the point of view of a 'female' robot assassin, who falls in love with her intended victim. Will she follow through on her instructions? Read to the very end...
The second story is about 'Terminus' another robot who starts behaving strangely once the voyage he's on as a maintenance robot takes off to head to Mars. Pirx is the name of the Pilot of the spaceship named The Blue Star. He discovers that the spaceship had been 'written off' previously when it was known as The Coriolanus. It would appear that the repairs took over a decade and that Terminus was on board all that time. Terminus starts having nightmares and taps out on the piping of the ship in morse code all the messages he'd picked up from the human crew of The Coriolanus all those years ago when they were waiting for help that never came...
The Seventh Voyage is a clever and funny story about repairing the rudder of a spaceship as it heads through space vortices that distort time, so the single pilot Ijon Tichy (the same character as in The Futurological Congress for example) has to rely on future and past versions of himself to get the job done.
March 15, 2026
This is a new edition - called Penguin Archive which has recently been published. The book contains 3 stories, the seventh voyage, Terminus and the Mask. The idea being to showcase the authors works as well as celebrate the legacy of the Penguin publishing brand.
As such these 3 stories are a perfect showcase and taster for Lem's work - showing hits of his larger (and possibly more famous works). As such the have 3 different styles not all of which I got on well with.
However I will say that Lem is a Polish author and I have to say that some of his approaches jar with me (although to be honest The Mask was probably written in this style to highlight the plight of the protagonist) as such a fascinating book indeed
As such these 3 stories are a perfect showcase and taster for Lem's work - showing hits of his larger (and possibly more famous works). As such the have 3 different styles not all of which I got on well with.
However I will say that Lem is a Polish author and I have to say that some of his approaches jar with me (although to be honest The Mask was probably written in this style to highlight the plight of the protagonist) as such a fascinating book indeed
July 22, 2025
The Seventh Voyage - 3.5/5
Terminus - 2/5
The Mask - 4/5
Terminus - 2/5
The Mask - 4/5
March 29, 2026
Three sci-if short stories in one
The first one was very short and sweet, and very funny.
The second one was pretty long and tedious and not very engaging, and also with not enough of a payoff
I’m very glad I kept going because the third one was actually incredible, philosophically and in terms of destiny. Pretty complexly written with long character introspectives
The first one was very short and sweet, and very funny.
The second one was pretty long and tedious and not very engaging, and also with not enough of a payoff
I’m very glad I kept going because the third one was actually incredible, philosophically and in terms of destiny. Pretty complexly written with long character introspectives
August 8, 2025
Lem sure takes you on a voyage in these stories - three, distinctly fantastical voyages to be exact! I thought Solaris was going to be difficult to top, but Lem truly gets close here, especially with 'Terminus' and 'The Mask.' The collection starts off a little goofy with a story about a lone traveller in space who keeps falling into a time loop, but little prepared me for the complete tone change in 'Terminus' and 'The Mask,' with the latter two diving deeper into horror territory whilst still retaining so much sympathy and humanity - I love the way that Lem writes androids, I love how his creativity allows him to toy with the limits of human knowledge in so many diverse, surprising ways. I only retract one star because I feel that the stories were at times a little slow to get into, and some of the writing slightly too drawn out for my taste (but maybe the translation just didn't do the prose justice). Anyways, I will now be digging out my copy of 'Invisible Man' and continuing my Lem journey...stay tuned for more...
July 5, 2025
The first story, The Seventh Voyage, plays on the concept of time loops and has some ok but honestly slightly dated humour and the story becomes incredibly predictable and repetitive fairly quickly. 2/5
The second, Terminus, is the best of the three. The descriptive passages are creepy and atmospheric, with the slightly terrifying robot Terminus malfunctioning like a human with dementia above a formerly dilapidated ship haunted by its ghosts. 4/5
The Mask has highs and lows. The prose can be quite stodgy and turgid, overly complex for no real reason, and it takes a while to get into. However, once the story gets going the prose also appears to lighten and it contains some interesting ideas around free will and consciousness. 3/5
Overall this collection of short stories is fine but not much more than that, I wouldn't actively recommend it but you could certainly do worse.
The second, Terminus, is the best of the three. The descriptive passages are creepy and atmospheric, with the slightly terrifying robot Terminus malfunctioning like a human with dementia above a formerly dilapidated ship haunted by its ghosts. 4/5
The Mask has highs and lows. The prose can be quite stodgy and turgid, overly complex for no real reason, and it takes a while to get into. However, once the story gets going the prose also appears to lighten and it contains some interesting ideas around free will and consciousness. 3/5
Overall this collection of short stories is fine but not much more than that, I wouldn't actively recommend it but you could certainly do worse.
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June 30, 2025
i adored this selection
each story had distinct humour and style, with unique perspectives on the human condition
the conclusions were expertly crafted
each story had distinct humour and style, with unique perspectives on the human condition
the conclusions were expertly crafted
May 8, 2025
A collection of three stories, which feel kind of weird to throw together. The first one is excellent, Lem at his prime funny. Absurd time travel shenanigans played out incredibly well. The second story suddenly a lot more reminiscent of the eerie psychological horror found in Solaris. The third one is a bit more whimsical again (but I had already read that one in Mortal Engines, a great collection of short stories). Nice SciFi stories overall, if you're a fan of all of Stanisław Lem's work.
April 6, 2026
The Seventh Voyage 5/5
Terminus 2,5/5
The Mask 3/5
Terminus 2,5/5
The Mask 3/5
November 23, 2025
Creative concept for the time. Execution had its highs and lows.
April 27, 2025
Three stories from Lem’s catalogue. The first, ‘The Seventh Voyage’, is from The Star Diaries (1954, trans. 1976). I’m generally less on board with this kind of conceptually/linguistically absurdist humour, and felt a bit lukewarm on it.
The second, ‘Terminus’, was originally published in the untranslated Księga Robotów (1961), and later appeared in the compilation volume Tales of Pirx the Pilot (1968, trans. 1979). I really love Lem when he gets serious - this is a chillingly atmospheric ghost story which echoes the generations destroyed in a creaking industrial system.
Finally, we have ‘The Mask’, first published in the Polish literary magazine Kultura in 1974 and translated in the English-only compilation volume Mortal Engines (1977). This is honestly one of the best short stories I’ve ever come across - a nightmarish, schizophrenic and ultimately heartbreaking horror fable which blends a commentary on the violent undertones of desire, the interaction between social constructions of both sex and gender, and the potential subjectivity of an artificial intelligence. Get yourself a copy of this however you can.
(15/5/25)
The second, ‘Terminus’, was originally published in the untranslated Księga Robotów (1961), and later appeared in the compilation volume Tales of Pirx the Pilot (1968, trans. 1979). I really love Lem when he gets serious - this is a chillingly atmospheric ghost story which echoes the generations destroyed in a creaking industrial system.
Finally, we have ‘The Mask’, first published in the Polish literary magazine Kultura in 1974 and translated in the English-only compilation volume Mortal Engines (1977). This is honestly one of the best short stories I’ve ever come across - a nightmarish, schizophrenic and ultimately heartbreaking horror fable which blends a commentary on the violent undertones of desire, the interaction between social constructions of both sex and gender, and the potential subjectivity of an artificial intelligence. Get yourself a copy of this however you can.
(15/5/25)
October 29, 2026
The Seventh Voyage is a delightful compilation of sci-fi stories that offers the reader three different flavors of Lem to sample.
The book opens with the title story “The Seventh Voyage”, which the blurb very aptly compares to Douglass Adams’ comic and absurdist style of writing. Lem’s prose is excellent at slowly raising the temperature up to a boil, that is, introducing a fantastical, but predictable sci-fi premise, and running with it until the walls you thought were there to keep the plot grounded crumble away. Fortunately, the comedic tone of the story ends up being a great match for this loose absurdity, and makes for a very pleasant read.
“Terminus” is the second story, and my personal favorite of the collection. Where “The Seventh Voyage” asks the reader to suspend some disbelief in order to create comedy, “Terminus” gives ALL the detail you could want. Lem makes the wonderful decision to write from the POV of an experienced spacefarer/navigator (Prix) — the reader becomes privy to explicit terminology and procedures that come with commandeering a decrepit spaceship. Nuclear reactor maintenance, bedlam at the launch site, shipping manifest discrepancies… Mystery aside (and the mystery is the *highlight*), “Terminus” immersed me in a way sci-fi novels often can’t. While the pace lags a bit in the second third of the story, the final sequence more than makes up for it in terms of excitement and some existential dread.
“The Mask” is the final story of the three, and the one which I have the most mixed feelings about. On one hand, Lem really does flex his prose muscles here. The main character’s internal monologue is written as a constant flow of information that really doesn’t let you breathe. This is, of course, intentional, although I kept wondering about how my enjoyment of “The Mask” was affected by knowing its premise from the blurb of the book. Had I not known that the main character is
[* *****], when would I have been able to piece together the truth from the infrequent hints left by the author? For me, I liked thinking about this story more than I liked reading it. The narrative voice is fascinating, and seeing how the main character processes and acts on information is itself the main attraction. However, because so much of the story relies on the inner thoughts/musings/reflections of the first-person narrator, there isn’t a lot of room left for an engaging plot. Still, when it’s good, it’s *good* (a scene involving a mirror comes to mind…)
The book opens with the title story “The Seventh Voyage”, which the blurb very aptly compares to Douglass Adams’ comic and absurdist style of writing. Lem’s prose is excellent at slowly raising the temperature up to a boil, that is, introducing a fantastical, but predictable sci-fi premise, and running with it until the walls you thought were there to keep the plot grounded crumble away. Fortunately, the comedic tone of the story ends up being a great match for this loose absurdity, and makes for a very pleasant read.
“Terminus” is the second story, and my personal favorite of the collection. Where “The Seventh Voyage” asks the reader to suspend some disbelief in order to create comedy, “Terminus” gives ALL the detail you could want. Lem makes the wonderful decision to write from the POV of an experienced spacefarer/navigator (Prix) — the reader becomes privy to explicit terminology and procedures that come with commandeering a decrepit spaceship. Nuclear reactor maintenance, bedlam at the launch site, shipping manifest discrepancies… Mystery aside (and the mystery is the *highlight*), “Terminus” immersed me in a way sci-fi novels often can’t. While the pace lags a bit in the second third of the story, the final sequence more than makes up for it in terms of excitement and some existential dread.
“The Mask” is the final story of the three, and the one which I have the most mixed feelings about. On one hand, Lem really does flex his prose muscles here. The main character’s internal monologue is written as a constant flow of information that really doesn’t let you breathe. This is, of course, intentional, although I kept wondering about how my enjoyment of “The Mask” was affected by knowing its premise from the blurb of the book. Had I not known that the main character is
[* *****], when would I have been able to piece together the truth from the infrequent hints left by the author? For me, I liked thinking about this story more than I liked reading it. The narrative voice is fascinating, and seeing how the main character processes and acts on information is itself the main attraction. However, because so much of the story relies on the inner thoughts/musings/reflections of the first-person narrator, there isn’t a lot of room left for an engaging plot. Still, when it’s good, it’s *good* (a scene involving a mirror comes to mind…)
February 21, 2026
As a newbie to Lem, this was a great little intro collection of three stories, each so different in style and tone that it nicely showcases Lem's range.
The Seventh Voyage: a lone traveller near Betelgeuse realises that a necessary repair to his spacecraft is beyond the reach of one person. Catching glimpses of himself in other times while travelling through gravitational vortices opens the possibility of a solution to his problem, but also confusion, farce and things spinning out of control in a completely madcap way. The tone is a little bit Douglas Adams, or maybe Mickey 17 rather than Moon. Good bit of fun for 20-something pages. Any longer and it would have worn thin. 3.5/5 for me.
Terminus: Apparently, this is from a series of stories about Pirx the Pilot. In Terminus, Pirx is navigator on a decrepit cargo ship to Mars with a mysterious history, to which a maintenance robot - Terminus - may hold the key. Loved this one - atmospheric from the start, then increasingly strange, puzzling and haunting - I could have read a lot more of this. I understand Lem's Solaris is along similar lines, so that's definitely going on my TBR. Easy 5/5 for Terminus.
The Mask: I struggled with this one to start. The writing seems to be in the voice of an eighteenth-century debutante, so a bit long-winded for me, but there are a few hints as to what's behind the voice and then a brilliant horror scene which contrasts so dramatically with the voice that you have to sit up for the rest of it. 3/5
So a variable collection, but IMHO worth it for Terminus alone, and yes, I want to read some more Lem.
The Seventh Voyage: a lone traveller near Betelgeuse realises that a necessary repair to his spacecraft is beyond the reach of one person. Catching glimpses of himself in other times while travelling through gravitational vortices opens the possibility of a solution to his problem, but also confusion, farce and things spinning out of control in a completely madcap way. The tone is a little bit Douglas Adams, or maybe Mickey 17 rather than Moon. Good bit of fun for 20-something pages. Any longer and it would have worn thin. 3.5/5 for me.
Terminus: Apparently, this is from a series of stories about Pirx the Pilot. In Terminus, Pirx is navigator on a decrepit cargo ship to Mars with a mysterious history, to which a maintenance robot - Terminus - may hold the key. Loved this one - atmospheric from the start, then increasingly strange, puzzling and haunting - I could have read a lot more of this. I understand Lem's Solaris is along similar lines, so that's definitely going on my TBR. Easy 5/5 for Terminus.
The Mask: I struggled with this one to start. The writing seems to be in the voice of an eighteenth-century debutante, so a bit long-winded for me, but there are a few hints as to what's behind the voice and then a brilliant horror scene which contrasts so dramatically with the voice that you have to sit up for the rest of it. 3/5
So a variable collection, but IMHO worth it for Terminus alone, and yes, I want to read some more Lem.
August 10, 2026
Stanislaw Lem es una de esas grandes proezas que la Ciencia Ficción le ha entregado a la literatura. Esta pequeña edición de Penguin House muestra sus capacidades estilísticas de una manera divertida y elocuente. Los editores tuvieron a bien arrancar con la historia que da título a la antología pues es extremadamente ingeniosa y divertida, tiene una capacidad creativa reveladora para un Lem que gusta de reírse de la existencia humana con una crueldad vernácula. Posteriormente, el cuento de Terminus es una devastadora historia que compagina el tópico de androides y de juegos temporales pero que quita los tintes cómicos de “The seventh voyage” dejando que el lector lidie con la terrible conciencia de saberse habitante de un ciclo que no puede arreglarse y sin embargo debe avanzar esperando cambiarlo de alguna forma. Finalmente, cierra con el mejor de todos, adelantadísimo a su época, Lem conversa con la pregunta delirante del amor “¿qué nos hace humanos?, ¿qué capacidades nos permiten amar?, ¿qué sufrimiento se esconde traes el delicioso sufrimiento del desaliento?”. Stanislaw Lem fue un maestro de la ciencia ficción pero ante todo fue un gran artista literario, me sorprendo siempre de ver cómo las reseñas a autores de este calibre siempre bordan en lo más ridículo, se enfocan en la “fábula” dejando completamente del lado la “trama” aunque lo entiendo la mayoría de la gente, cuando alguien les señala hacia la luna, solamente se quedan observando el dedo que se las señaló. Gran escritor y un compendio rico de cuentos para los que gusten del género pero sobretodo para los amantes de buenas tramas.
July 16, 2026
What a delightful trio of short stories!
‘The Seventh Voyage’ is the first story in this fun sci-fi collection and my personal favourite. Describing one man's attempts to fix his ship... with himself... as he journeys through various time loops, I found it humorous, absurd, and a perfect analogy for how even we can stand in our own way!
The second story: 'Terminus' was eerie and disquieting. Following Pirx as he pilots a ship to Mars, we soon discover the vessel's gory history as he hears tapping on the walls... The suspense in this one was brilliant, and I was even a little scared of Terminus (the robot) by the end!
'The Mask' was the final story in this collection and the one I enjoyed the least. While Lem's descriptive, introspective writing style is usually right up my street, I found it less effective here. I would've liked more interaction between the primary characters to cement the idea of a sentient (and in love) AI bot.
Overall, though, these stories were unique, fun, and a great introduction to Lem's work.
‘The Seventh Voyage’ is the first story in this fun sci-fi collection and my personal favourite. Describing one man's attempts to fix his ship... with himself... as he journeys through various time loops, I found it humorous, absurd, and a perfect analogy for how even we can stand in our own way!
The second story: 'Terminus' was eerie and disquieting. Following Pirx as he pilots a ship to Mars, we soon discover the vessel's gory history as he hears tapping on the walls... The suspense in this one was brilliant, and I was even a little scared of Terminus (the robot) by the end!
'The Mask' was the final story in this collection and the one I enjoyed the least. While Lem's descriptive, introspective writing style is usually right up my street, I found it less effective here. I would've liked more interaction between the primary characters to cement the idea of a sentient (and in love) AI bot.
Overall, though, these stories were unique, fun, and a great introduction to Lem's work.
July 12, 2025
A collection of three very different stories. The first is a combination of sci fi and the absurd, the second is much more straightforward and the third is the most demanding of all - a very wordy verge into horror. It's too slight a volume to hang together. There's some great writing here but overall it misses.
August 30, 2025
There are 3 stories. The first ‘the Seventh Voyage’ is a fun story and only about 20 pages long which is a perfect length otherwise the subject would’ve been exhausted. The second story ‘Terminus’ I found a fairly run of the mill sci-fi tale. The third story however ‘The Mask’ was excellent. You really wanted to know what was happening next and on its own I would’ve given it a much higher rating.
March 2, 2025
A delightfully hysterical short story with Adams-reminiscent space shenanigans.
Famous for his cerebral works, Lem’s story here is more interested in fun, although it nonetheless offers a hilariously intricate depiction of a time-loop.
Famous for his cerebral works, Lem’s story here is more interested in fun, although it nonetheless offers a hilariously intricate depiction of a time-loop.
August 7, 2025
Holy damn þetta er lang besta langa smásaga sem ég hef lesið. ÉG ELSKA STANISLAW LEM. Þetta er fyrsta fyndna bókin eftir hann sem ég les. Sagan fjallar um mann sem er einn á geimskipi sem þarf að fremja tveggja manna verk… Hvernig fer hann að því? Með óútreiknanlegu tímaflakki auðvitað.
September 9, 2025
Vond ik maar niks. Eerste verhaal gaat over verdubbeling en tijdreizen. Tweede over een ruimteschip met een geschiedenis en een robot aan boord. 3de was zo vermoeiend geschreven dat ik het zelfs heb weg gelegd. Jammer, want dit is m’n eerste Lem.
November 7, 2025
the translator of the seventh voyage and the mask was sooooo good. The Mask started off slow but it’s really worth pushing through because that was just the most beautiful story. Stanislaw Lem you did it again
May 25, 2026
DNF, technically. Three short stories, but I only finished the first one, which was one star. Read half of the second story before quitting. Was it supposed to be comical? I don’t think the humor translated over, everything felt jumbled and boring.
June 27, 2026
This is a collection of three short stories
The first story seventh voyage whilst short was entertaining and a 4/5
Terminus was overlong and just felt a bit pointless 2.5/5
Unfortunately I found the last story so dull I ended up DNF the book
The first story seventh voyage whilst short was entertaining and a 4/5
Terminus was overlong and just felt a bit pointless 2.5/5
Unfortunately I found the last story so dull I ended up DNF the book
August 29, 2026
The Seventh Voyage is a classic, thoroughly clever and entertaining. If not for it, we wouldn't have The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Terminus is also a great story. However, I couldn't really get into The Mask, too symbolic maybe?
April 24, 2025
Overall rating 3
Seventh Voyage - rating 4
Terminus - rating 3.5
The Mask - rating 3
Really enjoyed the first two stories .
Last one didn’t really work for me.
Seventh Voyage - rating 4
Terminus - rating 3.5
The Mask - rating 3
Really enjoyed the first two stories .
Last one didn’t really work for me.
May 25, 2025
First two stories were great, I would give them 5 stars in a heartbeat. However, "the mask" felt more like a spiel of prose than an engaging sci fi short story.
June 8, 2025
First story was great
August 14, 2025
The Seventh Voyage - 3
Terminus - 4
The Mask - 3.5
Terminus - 4
The Mask - 3.5
November 12, 2025
3.5
These were all pretty good! I like a sci-fi short story and each of these had their own seperate tone but similar themes, tying everything together with some pretty great writing.
These were all pretty good! I like a sci-fi short story and each of these had their own seperate tone but similar themes, tying everything together with some pretty great writing.
November 14, 2025
Great collection of Lem's stories, always great to read his witty sci-fi, especially loved the craziness of the Seventh Voyage itself, will have to read the star diaries.
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