Lem Stanislaw. The Cosmic Carnival: An Anthology of Entertaining Stories by the Modern Master of Science Fiction / Cover illustration by Daniel Mróz; Preface «A Portrait of the Artist as a Thing Antediluvian» by Michael Kandel (P. vii-xi); Edited with commentary by Michael Kandel. – New York: Continuum, 1981. – 272 pp. ISBN 0-8264-0043-4.

Contents:

Braving the Unknown


P. 3-27: «The Condor» from The Invincible / Translated into English from the German by Wendayne Ackerman
P. 28-43: From Solaris / Translated into English from the French by Joanna Kilmartin and Steve Cox


Ordeal by Space


P. 46-84: The Test / Translated from the Polish by Louis Iribarne
P. 85-102: Chapter Seven of Return From the Stars / Translated from the Polish by Barbara Marszal and Frank Simpson


Ijon Tichy


P. 105-132: From The Futurological Congress / Translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel


The Cybernetic Fairy Tale


P. 135-143: Two Monsters / Translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel
P. 144-169: The Second Sally / Translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel
P. 170-177: Tale of the Computer That Fought a Dragon / Translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel
P. 178-198: The History of Zipperupus / Translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel


High Nonsense from The Star Diaries


P. 202-222: The Seventh Voyage / Translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel
P. 223-249: The Fourteenth Voyage / Translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel


A Recent Experiment


P. 252-271: Les Robinsonades / Translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel

[Stanisław Lem. Niezwyciężony; Solaris; Test; Powrót z gwiazd; Kongres futurologiczny; Dwa potwory; Wyprawa druga, czyli oferta króla Okrucyusza; Bajka o maszynie cyfrowej, co ze smokiem walczyła; Bajka o trzech maszynach opowiadających króla Genialona; Podróż siódma; Podróż czternasta; Marcel Coscat: «Les Robinsonades»]