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It was 'Invincible' for me. And Pilot Pirx stories - the atmosphere that flying spaceships is just dirty, demanding, lonely job like driving a lorry. 1978 Poli

by chewz 6y ago

It was 'Invincible' for me. And Pilot Pirx stories - the atmosphere that flying spaceships is just dirty, demanding, lonely job like driving a lorry. 1978 Polish-Soviet film based on 'Pilot Pirx Test' was very good ... https://youtu.be/JSft0QLoVpQ https://youtu.be/JSft0QLoVpQ And Futurological Congress. EDIT: Also Perfect Void (Doskonała Próżnia) and Imaginary Value (Wielkość Urojona) - introductions to non-existing books and Inquiry (Śledztwo) - one of two Lem's quirky crime novels about mysterily disapearing corpses from mortuaries... https://pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_pierwszych_wyda%C5%84_dzie%C5%82_Stanis%C5%82awa_Lema_drukiem_zwartym https://pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_pierwszych_wyda%C5%84_...

minxomat 6y ago
There was a German TV show adapted from that: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0978537/ https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0978537/ (Ijon Tichy, Space Pilot) It's pretty quirky. A mix of Lem and maybe old school Doctor Who. It operated on zero budget and thus had a few charming props. If you understand German I highly recommend it. Sadly it's almost impossible to translate to other languages because of the made up dialect used in it, which is the basis for much of its comedy. But looking at clips on YouTube should give you some idea.
- trwired 6y ago
  > There was a German TV show adapted from that: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0978537/ https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0978537/ (Ijon Tichy, Space Pilot) I just want to point out that Ijon Tichy is a different character than Pirx and a hero of its own series of tales. The confusion is understandable, because at at a glance they appear to be very similar characters.