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Lem's Cyberiad is my favorite by him, and one of my favorite science fiction books of all time. It's hilarious, witty, and philosophical. Lem treats issues from AI to ethics in a deeply humorous and intelligent way. The closest book I can think of to it is Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, but that's in a completely different style from Lem's Cyberiad. Highly, highly recommended.

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I'm also a big fan of the Cyberiad, and Douglas Adams. When a bunch of us first heard The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio plays, we were sure Adams must have read the Cyberiad, as some of it seemed so similar in tone if not details. But I read somewhere that he had not read it when he wrote Hitchhikers.

Yes, I too was surprised to hear Adams had not read the Cyberiad. The absurdist humor is very similar.

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