The Beast

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Manufactured Quarry

An algorithmic, rule-bending mechanical monster designed by Trurl and Klapaucius to outwit and capture King Krool using police logic and red-tape generation.

In The Cyberiad (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.

  • The Beast in The Second Sally or The Offer of King Krool (1965)