Tales of Pirx the Pilot

Brilliant stories of a bumbling astronaut, and the human desire to discover the unknown, by the much-loved author of Solaris . Set in the not-too-distant future, when space flight has evolved to the point where humanity is ready to colonize the solar system, Tales of Pirx the Pilot follows one somewhat-hapless explorer as he struggles though his training as a cadet, his career as a pilot, and his tenure as captain of a merchant ship.   In these collected stories, Pirx stumbles his way throu