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Ijon Tichy travels undercover to a robot world, joining an organization to clean up world history thru time travel. Things go crazy immediately. His spaceship runs into gravitational vortices at relativistic speeds, resulting in massive time anomalies. It may be a blessing in disguise. The reason he couldn’t get out of the way was that a meteor had shattered the drive regulator & rudder. He could no longer steer his ship. He had a spare rudder, but couldn’t install it. It was a two-man job & he was alone. So when other versions of him start appearing, all he should need do is team up with one of them, fix the rudder & leave the gravitational vortex field. After that gets straightened out, he goes undercover. A ship’s computer has mutineed & started its own colony, reproducing itself in ever more bizarre configurations. These wildly inventive tales showcase Lem's unmatched wit and imagination, blending science fiction with philosophical satire in stories that are as thought-provoking as they are entertaining.