{"id":289,"date":"2019-11-13T14:18:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T13:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.lem.pl\/blog\/?p=289"},"modified":"2019-11-13T14:54:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T13:54:07","slug":"jon-j-muths-adaptation-of-the-star-diaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.lem.pl\/blog\/jon-j-muths-adaptation-of-the-star-diaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon J Muth&#8217;s adaptation of &#8220;The Star Diaries&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english.lem.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jon_muth_lem_seventh_voyage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/english.lem.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jon_muth_lem_seventh_voyage-734x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"815\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.lem.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jon_muth_lem_seventh_voyage-734x1024.jpg 734w, https:\/\/english.lem.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jon_muth_lem_seventh_voyage-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/english.lem.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jon_muth_lem_seventh_voyage-768x1071.jpg 768w, https:\/\/english.lem.pl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/jon_muth_lem_seventh_voyage.jpg 918w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are thrilled, as Jon J Muth is a renowned author of graphic novels and the recipient of many awards. His work based on one of Tolstoy&#8217;s stories was called \u201cquietly life-changing\u201d by the New York Times Book Review.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Delicately washed panel artwork by Caldecott Honoree Muth (Zen Shorts) underscores the hilarity of late Polish author Lem\u2019s short story, originally published in 1957. Unable to repair his spaceship\u2019s rudder alone, astronaut Ijon Tichy enjoys a \u201cmodest supper,\u201d works some calculations, and heads to bed. (Readers will note with amusement the spacecraft\u2019s cozy domestic fixtures: striped pajamas and pink oven mitts, an overstuffed armchair and fully equipped kitchen.) He\u2019s awakened by another astronaut (\u201cWe\u2019re going out and screwing on the rudder bolts\u201d), but as there is no other astronaut\u2014Tichy is the only one aboard\u2014he dismisses the second as a phantom. Slowly the situation becomes clear: Tichy has entered a time loop, and the other astronaut is Tichy himself, as he exists 24 hours in the future. Lem follows the idea into absurdity as the Tichys multiply (\u201cI saw my Monday self staring at me&#8230; while Tuesday me fried an omelet\u201d), then descend into slapstick chaos, beginning to \u201cquarrel, argue, bicker, and debate.\u201d Though the multiple iterations may feel chaotic for some, Kandel\u2019s translation and Muth\u2019s art imbue the original with a crystalline, humorous clarity and delight. Ages 8\u201312. (Oct.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/9780545004626\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/9780545004626<\/a><br \/>\n<note>Stanislaw Lem, illus. by Jon J Muth, trans. from the Polish by Michael Kandel. Graphix, $19.99 (80p) ISBN 978-0-545-00462-6<\/note>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are thrilled, as Jon J Muth is a renowned author of graphic novels and the recipient of many awards. His work based on one of Tolstoy&#8217;s stories was called \u201cquietly life-changing\u201d by the New York Times Book Review. Delicately &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/english.lem.pl\/blog\/jon-j-muths-adaptation-of-the-star-diaries\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[59,60],"class_list":["post-289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adaptations","tag-jon-j-muth","tag-the-star-diaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.lem.pl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.lem.pl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.lem.pl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.lem.pl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.lem.pl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/english.lem.pl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":299,"href":"https:\/\/english.lem.pl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions\/299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.lem.pl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.lem.pl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.lem.pl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.lem.pl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}