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The Magellanic Cloud
''The Magellanic Cloud'' (Polish title: ''Obłok Magellana'') is a 1955 science fiction novel by Poland, Polish writer Stanisław Lem. Fragments of the novel were published earlier, in 1953 and 1954, in the magazine ''Przekrój''. Some significant literary tropes featured in the novel include interstellar travel, "first contact (science fiction), first contact", psychological fiction, a Communist society, Communist utopia, and criticism of the capitalism, capitalist militarism, which Lem himself characterized as an "extract of the times of Socialist realism". In 1963, the novel was adapted into the Czechoslovak film ''Ikarie XB-1''. Plot summary The novel is set in the 32nd century, in a communist society, communistic Utopian future. Humanity has colonized all of the Solar System, and is now making its first attempt at interstellar travel. Aboard a vessel called ''Gaia (other), Gaia'', 227 men and women leave the Earth for the Alpha Centauri system. After almost eigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |