I cannot emphasize strongly enough

[james_davis_nicoll]

that secondary world fantasies are set in entirely invented worlds to which Earth's actual history may have little to no relevance.

Comments

[philrm]

I can't comment on the Polish originals, but Michael Sandel's translations of the poems produced by Trurl's Electronic Bard in the First Sally (A) of The Cyberiad are works of sheer genius.

[mindstalk]

Kandel, not Sandel, but yes.

[philrm]

Arrgh! I have no idea how I typed Kandel's name as 'Sandel', especially as I had just pulled the book off the shelf to check which section the Electronic Bard appears in. (At least there is a Michael Sandel, although he's a political philosopher rather than a translator.)