Lance

'The illegible signature of teetering disaster'

Three great stories—"The Aurelian", "Signs and Symbols" and "Lance"—the last both a derisive attack on science-fiction and an attempt to imagine the real pain and horror that would accompany space travel.

Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

„Semnatura ilizibila a dezastrului dezastruos” Trei povesti grozave - „Aurelianul”, „Semne si simboluri” si „Lance” - ultimul, atat un atac derizoriu impotriva stiintei-fictiune, cat si o incercare de a imagina durerea si groaza reale care ar insoti calatorie spatiala. Penguin Modern: cincizeci de carti noi care sarbatoresc spiritul pionier al iconicului serial Penguin Modern Classics, fiecare oferind un hit concentrat al aromei sale contemporane, internationale.