Cała Prawda O Planecie Ksi
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''Cała prawda o planecie Ksi'' (1983) (the title has been translated to English as ''The Whole Truth about Planet Xi'' as well as ''The Complete Truth about Planet Xi'') is a
social science fiction Social science fiction or sociological science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction, usually (but not necessarily) soft science fiction, concerned less with technology or space opera and more with speculation about society. In other wor ...
novel by Polish writer Janusz A. Zajdel about the first colony of the Earth beyond the
Solar System The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies. The International Astronomical Union, the authoritative body regarding astronomical nomenclature, specifies capitalizing the names of all individual astronomical objects but uses mixed "Sola ...
, whose hibernated settlers were taken over by terrorists during the flight. The colony is visited by the inspectors arriving in secret to discover why they do not answer any messages from the Earth. The novel covers the problems of political systems, terrorism and the manipulation of power, and includes multiple allusions to the
People's Republic of Poland The Polish People's Republic (1952–1989), formerly the Republic of Poland (1947–1952), and also often simply known as Poland, was a country in Central Europe that existed as the predecessor of the modern-day democratic Republic of Poland. ...
. Zajdel planned a continuation of the novel, however he abandoned the idea. Its sketch and three chapters were found in Zajdel's archives after his death. In 2011 the heirs of the author and the SuperNOWA publisher announced an open competition to complete the novel under the title of (''A Second Look at the Planet Xi'').""Drugie spojrzenie na planetę Ksi". Dokończ powieść Janusza A. Zajdla!"
''Newsweek.pl''
In 2012 the winner was announced, Marcin Kowalczyk from Bydgoszcz,"Rozstrzygniecie konkursu na dokończenie Drugiego spojrzenia na planetę Ksi"
June 27, 2012
and his book was published in 2014.


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1983 science fiction novels Polish science fiction novels Dystopian novels Novels by Janusz Zajdel {{1980s-specf-novel-stub