Trurl

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also known as the furrin gentleman

Constructor

A brilliant but impulsive tinkerer and former pupil of Cerebron. He first applies probability to make dragons real, and later disguises himself as an Echidnosaur to extort tribute after being denied payment by King Pfftius.

In The Third Sally or The Dragons of Probability (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 A Good Shellacking (1965)
  • 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 Trurl's Machine (1965)