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For die-hard Lem fans, any new work featuring his lovably hapless hero, Ijon Tichy, of Star Diaries fame, is a welcome treat. Here, the legendary polymath and veteran of uncountable universe-spanning misadventures stays closer to home, on a mission to uncover secret information about the reigning superpowers' new breed of intelligent, entirely autonomous weapons. While visiting the moon, where all nations' military arsenals are now located, one high-tech weapon slices through Tichy's corpus callosum, severing the left and right hemispheres of his brain. So now Tichy can type only with his right hand, while his left pinches women's behinds and otherwise acts with a mind of its own. Not only that, but Tichy's memories of what happened on the moon are hidden away in the mischievous right side of his brain, and the fate of nations may depend on their secrets. As usual, Tichy's dilemmas become a fascinating forum for Lem's often brilliant speculations, this time on the future of military technology. Another gem from one of sf's towering geniuses. Carl Hays --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Kirkus Reviews

This third appearance for imperturbable astronaut Ijon Tichy (following The Futurological Congress, 1974) extends the horrifying notions on future weapons and warfare that Lem advanced in One Human Minute (1986). The governments of Earth have banished the arms race to the moon, where miniaturized, self-replicating weapons equipped with artificial instincts were provided the means to evolve and compete in utter secrecy--the intended outcome being a self-adjusting stalemate.