Janusz A. Zajdel
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Janusz Andrzej Zajdel (born on August 15, 1938 in Warsaw - July 19, 1985 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish science fiction author. His bibliography includes, apart from numerous short stories and short novels:
Works
- Cylinder van Troffa (1980) - [English title: van Troff's cylinder]
- Limes inferior (1982)
- Cala prawda o planecie Ksi (1983) - [Complete Truth about planet Xi]
- Wyjscie z cienia (1983) - [Out of the Shadow]
- Paradyzja (1984) - [Paradise, the World in Orbit]
These books created the core of Polish social fiction. In his books he envisions totalitarian states and collapsed societies. His heroes are desperately trying to find sense in world around th em, sometimes (like in Cylinder van Troffa) they are outsiders from a different time or place, trying to adapt to the new environment. However, the main idea that is visible to any reader is to force the readership to compare their gloomy, hopeless sitation to what may happen in space environment if we transfer totalitarian ideas and habits into space worlds. Red Space Republics or Space Labour Camps, or both...
Named after him is the Zajdel, award of Polish fandom.