Description: World renowned sci-fi writer and Caldecott Honor artist team up for a zany sci-fi tall tale about an astronaut caught in a time loop in space who must confront past and future versions of himself!
Brief description: Stanislaw Lem is an internationally revered Polish writer who has been translated into 41 languages and has sold over 45 million books worldwide. His acclaimed novel, Solaris, was adapted into a movie starring George Clooney. And Star Diaries is his popular short story collection from which The Seventh Voyage was taken.
Review Quotes: Distinctions and Praise for The Seventh Voyage: An NPR Best Book of the Year"An extremely funny, beautifully paced story of timey-wimey disaster and attempted rescue-and the perils of interaction with that most terrible of people-yourself. J Muth's hilarious and gentle masterpiece." -- Neil Gaiman"Delicately washed panel artwork by Caldecott Honoree Muth (Zen Shorts) underscores the hilarity of late Polish author Lem's short story... Kandel's translation and Muth's art imbue the original with a crystalline, humorous clarity and delight." -- Publishers Weekly"A colorful introduction to a brilliant science fiction author--Lem's visions of the future and Muth's art are a perfect match." -- School Library Journal"Muth's atmospheric watercolor artwork gives an astounding sense of space. Vast expanses of darkness dotted with pale stars are the backdrops for Tichy's retro, tin-can-like spaceship, and Tichy himself, rendered in aqueous watercolors, has a charmingly limber look, which becomes increasingly comical as more and more Tichys appear at various ages. While this is a bit more sophisticated than the usual middle-grade graphic novel, space-mad kids who love arguing about the paradoxes of time travel will likely be wholly on board." -- Booklist"Master artist Jon Muth makes this small story a place you can stay a while." -- NPR.org