Sepulka

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Sepulki or sepulcas (singular:sepulka, sepulca) are fictional objects found in works of Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem, The Star Diaries and Observation on the Spot.

They are translated as Scrupts in English editions of Lem's novels, [1] which obscures further cultural associations for English readers.

Lem's sepulki

They were reported by Lem's interstar traveller Ijon Tichy.

Sepulki in real life

In 1983-1985, the Polish Union of Fans of Science Fiction (Polskie Stowarzyszenie Miłośników Fantastyki) issued the award Golden Sepulka (pl:Złota Sepulka) for works of science fiction.[2]

Sepulcidae is a family of extinct hymenopteran insects found in 1968 in Transbaikalia. It was identified by Alexandr Pavlovich Rasnitsyn and named by his colleague and a science-fiction author Kirill Eskov.[3]

In 2007 Wojciech Orliński published a book "Co to są sepulki? Wszystko o Lemie" ("What are Sepulki? Everything about Lem"), ISBN 8324007989.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://english.lem.pl/faq#scrupts
  2. ↑ "Nagroda Złotej Sepulki"
  3. ↑ (Russian) Каракоз Роман. Где живут сепульки: [О двух видах палеонтологических перепончатокрылых — Sepulka mirabilis и Sepulenia syricta] // Новая интересная газета (Киев). — 2004. — № 1. — С. 5. — (Блок Z: Просто фантастика). Annotation
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