In Pilot Pirx, Lem has created an irresistibly likable character: an astronaut who gives the impression of still navigating by the seat of his pants-a bumbler but an inspired one. By investing Pirx with a range of human foibles, Lem offers a wonderful vision of the audacity, childlike curiosity, and intuition that can give humans the courage to confront outer space. Translated by Louis Iribarne. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Pirx is a cadet, a pilot, and finally a captain of a merchant spaceship, and the stories relate his life and various things that happen to him during his travels between the Earth, Moon, and Mars.

From various details it may be concluded that the stories are set in the 21st or 22nd centuries, in a futuristic Western world (as opposed to a Communist Utopia where some of Lem's other novels take place), however without the "Iron Curtain". The romantic times of astronautics have long gone and mankind is busy colonizing the Solar System, has some settlements on the Moon and Mars, and is even beginning the exploration of the other star systems.

In a way, Pirx is as an ordinary "working man" who unlike traditional heroic space pilots has little if anything heroic about him. He sometimes finds himself in extreme situations, which he overcomes mostly through ordinary common sense and average luck. In particular, in the story The Inquest, Lem puts forth the idea that what is perceived a human weakness is in fact an advantage over a perfect machine. In this tale Pirx defeats the robot, because a human can hesitate, make wrong decisions, have doubts, but a robot cannot.

Tales of Pirx the Pilot was translated by Louis Iribarne.

Tales of Pirx the Pilot

    "The Test"
    "The Conditioned Reflex"
    "On Patrol"
    "The Albatross"
    "Terminus"

Pilot Pirx is a fictional character introduced in 1966 in the science fiction stories of Polish writer Stanisław Lem: ten short stories (published in English in two parts, 1979's Tales of Pirx the Pilot and 1982's More Tales of Pirx the Pilot). Later he appeared in the novel Fiasco.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_Pirx
More Tales of Pirx the Pilot

    "The Hunt"
    "Pirx's Tale"
    "The Accident"
    "The Inquest"
    "Ananke"

The Hunt for Setaur

    "The Test"
    "The Conditioned Reflex"
    "On Patrol"
    "The Albatross"
    "Terminus"
    "The Hunt"

在《皮尔克斯飞行员》中，莱姆创造了一个令人难以抗拒的角色：一个给人印象仍在用裤子导航的宇航员--一个笨拙但有灵感的人。通过赋予皮尔克斯一系列人类的弱点，莱姆提供了一个美妙的愿景，即胆量、孩子般的好奇心和直觉，可以让人类有勇气面对外太空。译者：路易斯-伊里巴尔尼。海伦和库尔特-沃尔夫的书

皮尔克斯是一名学员，一名飞行员，最后成为一艘商船的船长，这些故事讲述了他的生活以及他在地球、月球和火星之间旅行时发生的各种事情。

从各种细节可以得出结论，这些故事的背景是21或22世纪，在一个未来主义的西方世界（而不是莱姆其他一些小说中发生的共产主义乌托邦），然而没有 "铁幕"。宇航员的浪漫时代早已过去，人类正忙于在太阳系殖民，在月球和火星上有一些定居点，甚至开始探索其他星系。

在某种程度上，皮尔克斯是作为一个普通的 "工人"，与传统的英雄式太空飞行员不同，他几乎没有什么英雄气概。他有时会发现自己处于极端的情况下，他主要通过普通的常识和一般的运气来克服这些情况。特别是在《审讯》这个故事中，莱姆提出了这样一个观点：被认为是人类的弱点实际上是对完美机器的一种优势。在这个故事中，皮尔克斯击败了机器人，因为人类可以犹豫不决，做出错误的决定，产生怀疑，但机器人不能。

飞行员皮尔克斯的故事》由路易斯-伊里巴尔内翻译。

飞行员皮尔克斯的故事

    "测试"

    "条件反射"

    "巡逻中

    "信天翁"

    "终点站"

皮尔克斯飞行员是1966年波兰作家斯坦尼斯瓦夫-莱姆的科幻小说中介绍的一个虚构人物：十个短篇小说（英文出版了两部分，1979年的《皮尔克斯飞行员的故事》和1982年的《皮尔克斯飞行员的更多故事》）。后来他出现在小说《惨案》中。

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_Pirx

飞行员皮尔克斯的更多故事

    "狩猎"

    "皮尔克斯的故事"

    "事故"（The Accident

    "审讯"

    "阿南克"

猎杀塞托尔

    "测试"

    "条件反射"

    "巡逻中

    "信天翁"

    "终点站"

    "狩猎"