Trurl

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also known as Trurl the Magnificent, the real Trurl, the Constructor of the World's Stupidest Computer

Constructor, protagonist/foil

Klapaucius's colleague and rival who secretly hid inside his own wish-granting machine to spy on Klapaucius, gets beaten, escapes, and ultimately converts the humiliating incident into a triumph of reputation at the Royal Court.

In A Good Shellacking (Stanislaw Lem, 1965)

Possibly the same character

Same author, same name, in other works — cross-work identity is not asserted here, only suggested. Nartopo tracks character identity per work; these are separate pages that may or may not depict the same character.

  • Trurl in Altruizine or A True Account of How Bonhomius the Hermetic Hermit Tried to Bring About Universal Happiness (1965)
  • Trurl in How the World Was Saved (1965)
  • Trurl in Tale of the Three Storytelling Machines of King Genius (1965)
  • Trurl in The Cyberiad (1965)
  • Trurl in The Fifth Sally (A) or Trurl's Prescription (1965)
  • Trurl in The Fifth Sally or The Mischief of King Balerion (1965)
  • Trurl in The First Sally (A) or Trurl's Electronic Bard (1965)
  • Trurl in The First Sally or The Trap of Gargantius (1965)
  • Trurl in The Fourth Sally or How Trurl Built a Femfatalatron (1965)
  • Trurl in The Second Sally or The Offer of King Krool (1965)
  • Trurl in The Seventh Sally or How Trurl's Own Perfection Led to No Good (1965)
  • Trurl in The Sixth Sally or How Trurl and Klapaucius Created a Demon (1965)
  • Trurl in The Third Sally or The Dragons of Probability (1965)
  • Trurl in Trurl's Machine (1965)