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Unknown Stanislaw Lem story (Spoilers)
« dnia: Października 12, 2004, 12:06:04 am »
I was watching volume 1 of futurama on dvd with commentary, and david x choen said the episode "fear of a bot planet" is based on a stanislw lem short story where humans land on a planet inhabited by robots, and in order to not be killed by the fearsome robots, they themselves dress like robots. does anyone know the title of the story?

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Re: Unknown Stanislaw Lem story (Spoilers)
« Odpowiedź #1 dnia: Października 12, 2004, 01:03:17 am »
Futurama rules Universe !!
I saw that episode too:] Uhm... I even own the dvd you mentioned, but it seems I missed this comentary:]

Nevertheless, I ... don't recall a story that would exactly fit this episode you kindly mentioned. Of course, Lem's books are filled with similar plots (such as a stories in ,,Mortal Engines" and many else) but...
...uhm or maybe it's my memory failing to deal with this:]

Let us hope someone else remembers:]

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Re: Unknown Stanislaw Lem story (Spoilers)
« Odpowiedź #2 dnia: Października 12, 2004, 07:42:27 am »
Hi, Bender!!

Look up in Star Diaries.

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Re: Unknown Stanislaw Lem story (Spoilers)
« Odpowiedź #3 dnia: Października 12, 2004, 11:31:35 pm »
Well I thought about Star Diaries first. I checked it than and found nothing. That is why I said I didn't know:] And I still don't :]  

Guess I didn't look hard enough :]

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Re: Unknown Stanislaw Lem story (Spoilers)
« Odpowiedź #4 dnia: Października 13, 2004, 07:34:11 am »
I´m sure  :) it was this book: http://www.baronet.cz/kniha-443.html

In czech language exists star diaries in 2 different editions and also "Vzpomínky Ijona Tichého"- part of original Star diaries.
I shoould take a look in library and find out which voyage we are looking for.
Hope I will post it soon
-Karel-

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Re: Unknown Stanislaw Lem story (Spoilers)
« Odpowiedź #5 dnia: Października 15, 2004, 10:12:23 am »
Star Diaries.  I know, because I translated it.  Damn good story, and damn hard to translate (those who read it in polish (or other slavic languages) know what I mean.
Cheers, Socrates

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Re: Unknown Stanislaw Lem story (Spoilers)
« Odpowiedź #6 dnia: Października 16, 2004, 07:51:39 pm »
Here's the " ) " you forgot... :]

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Re: Unknown Stanislaw Lem story (Spoilers)
« Odpowiedź #7 dnia: Października 19, 2004, 12:29:36 pm »
he he he...
Cheers, socrates

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Re: Unknown Stanislaw Lem story (Spoilers)
« Odpowiedź #8 dnia: Listopada 08, 2004, 07:55:15 am »
Hej, Bender!

Sory for this late entry. In case you haven´t read Star Diaries yet: The story is The eleventh voyage

[In futurama it is 5th episode, Fear of a bot planet, (in Czech translated as a "RUR II"), name of the planet ruled by robots is Čapek 9.]

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Re: Unknown Stanislaw Lem story (Spoilers)
« Odpowiedź #9 dnia: Listopada 09, 2004, 08:30:43 pm »
Oh J.Christ, say "Čapek 9" that sounds awasome!!!

I don't know if you're aware of the fact that we, I mean Poles, consider Czech language very, very funny. In fact, when reading this "Čapek 9" formula, I've laughed myself off a chair !

I think your country must be absolutely fantastic and full of happy people - speaking such a language gives you no choice !! :) :)

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Re: Unknown Stanislaw Lem story (Spoilers)
« Odpowiedź #10 dnia: Listopada 10, 2004, 08:56:29 am »
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I don't know if you're aware of the fact that we, I mean Poles, consider Czech language very, very funny. In fact, when reading this "Čapek 9" formula, I've laughed myself off a chair !

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Heh, I can imagine it  ;) when I am listening to Polish, half of every sentence sounds dirty to me :D "what the hell is this ˇ mark ? In Polish, it will be "Czapek", I guess.
By the way, I expect you know whose is this name. 8)

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Re: Unknown Stanislaw Lem story (Spoilers)
« Odpowiedź #11 dnia: Listopada 11, 2004, 02:56:12 am »
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Heh, I can imagine it  ;) when I am listening to Polish, half of every sentence sounds dirty to me :D


haha, that makes me proud :)

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Re: Unknown Stanislaw Lem story (Spoilers)
« Odpowiedź #12 dnia: Listopada 11, 2004, 03:23:47 am »
Now I've checked futurama and now I understand Čapek is not that funny as I thought, because it really is polish Czapek (Chapek in english). I initally thought it is a polish "Ciapek". Polish "Ci" sounds like... i don't know, two first letters of "Ciao" in italian.
Besides "Ciapek" is a popular polish name for a dog or cat:) So you see...

And about the name: I didn't know, but after seeing you so proud about it I figured this has to be some famous Czech autor... So I checked and found Karel Čapek:)

It's good to have foreign friends:)

greetings

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Re: Unknown Stanislaw Lem story (Spoilers)
« Odpowiedź #13 dnia: Listopada 11, 2004, 05:46:57 pm »
Just for completeness: Karel Čapek is well known mainly because he is author of a word "ROBOT" now used in every language.  (between 1920-1930, I think).
Origin is very simple - "robota" means "hard work" (I think it is the same in Polish, isn´t it?)

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Re: Unknown Stanislaw Lem story (Spoilers)
« Odpowiedź #14 dnia: Listopada 11, 2004, 08:41:54 pm »
Yes it exactly is!