The Invincible
7.97.9 / 10
Score out of 10148 ratingsConfidence 50%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
- 227
- Pages
- about 4 h
- Reading time
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About the book
The Invincible is a hard science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem, serialized in Gazeta Białostocka in 1963 and published as a book in 1964. It was one of the first novels to explore the ideas of microrobots, smartdust, artificial swarm intelligence, and "necroevolution".
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 148 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 50% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.1 | 17 | 12% |
| Hardcover | 8.1 | 131 | 89% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Invincible?
It has 227 pages — shorter than 89% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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