The Exploits of Professor Shonku: The Diary of a Space Traveller and Other Stories

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Professor Trilokeshwar Shonku, eccentric genius and scientist, disappeared without a trace after he shot off into space in a rocket from his backyard in Giridih, accompanied by his loyal but not-too-intelligent servant Prahalad, his cat Newton, and Bidhushekhar, his robot with an attitude. What has become of the professor? Has he decided to stay on in Mars, his original destination? Or has he found his way to some other planet and is living there with strange companions? His last diary, found in a crater created by a meteorite, tells an incredible story. Other diaries unearthed from his abandoned laboratory reveal stranger and more exciting adventures involving a ferocious sadhu, a revengeful mummy and a mad scientist in Norway who turns, famous men into six-inch statues, From every adventure, the indomitable Professor Shonku emerges unscathed, aided unfailingly by his amazing intelligence, sure presence of mind and of course his many remarkable inventions like the Annihilin Gun, the Air-conditioning Pill, and the Microsonography. Exciting, imaginative and funny, these classic science-fiction adventure stories by the master storyteller are presented here in a brilliant new translation.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray (1921-92) was one of the greatest filmmakers of his time, renowned for films like Pather Panchali, Charulata, ARanyer Din Ratri and Ghare Baire. He was awarded the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1992, and in the same year, was also honoured with the Bharat Ratna. Ray was also a writer of repute, and his short stories, novellas, poems and articles, written in Bengalim have been immensely popular ever since they first began to appear in the children's magazine Sandesh in 1961. Among his most famous creation are the master sleuth Feluda and the scientist Professor Shonku.

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Title
The Exploits of Professor Shonku: The Diary of a Space Traveller and Other Stories
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
0143335812
Length
vii+251p., Figures; 19cm.
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