The First Sally (A), or Trurl's Electronic Bard ( Wyprawa pierwsza A, czyli Elektrybalt Trurla)
Stanislaw Lem | published 1965
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First Date of Publication
1965
Original Source
Cyberiada
Additional Publication Information
English translation in 1974 in "The Cyberiad:Fables for the Cybernetic Age"
Medium
Short Story
Original Language
Polish
Translator
Stanislaw Lem
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Summary: A short story about how cosmic constructors Trurl and Klapaucius engage in inventive rivalry. Trurl, seeking redemption after creating a faulty calculating machine, builds a poetry-writing machine. Despite initial failures, the machine becomes a sensation, outshining human poets, leading to chaos and conflict. Ultimately, Trurl’s creation spirals out of control, resulting in unintended consequences and a dramatic shift in the universe’s poetic landscape, forcing him to hide from the fallout of his invention.
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