Christian could aspire. Elsewhere Tichy meets a race of aliens (called "Indioci" in the Polish original, "Phools" in the English translation) who, desiring perfect harmony in their lives, entrust themselves to a machine, which converts them into shiny discs to be arranged in pleasant patterns across their planet. Genealogy A genealogical sketch of Tichy family is given in Lem's Star Diaries. Notable family members are: Anonymus, the founder of the main Tichy family branch. He is surrounded by a mystery, including the origins of the surname. Some say it was Anonym's cognomen, arising from the fact he did not say a word during the trial on an accusation of eating his twin and in fact it should be "Cichy" ("quiet" in Polish) rather than Tichy, but the notary lisped... Jeremiasz Tichy, grandfather of Ijon, famous for the fact that he "decided to create the General Theory of Everything, and nothing stopped him from doing this". In film German TV series On 26 March 2007, the German public television channel ZDF began broadcasting 15-minute episodes of Ijon Tichy: Raumpilot with Oliver Jahn as protagonist and Nora Tschirner as Analoge Halluzinelle. Employing CGI, the series portray Tichy travels e.g. in a "three-bedroom rocket", which strongly resembles a French press on the outside and a 1970s Berlin apartment on the inside. The TV adventures often deviate somewhat from those told in the Star Diaries, in part due to the tight 15-minute frame. The series was made available on internet in streaming video. Asteroids 343000 Ijontichy and 343444 Halluzinelle are named in commemoration of the series. Other See article The Star Diaries for more. In addition, in the 1965 Polish science fiction short Przyjaciel ["The Friend"] based on the story with the same name from the collection the narrator's name is engineer Tichy. References External links Ijon Tichy at Stanisław Lem's official site Ijon Tichy: Raumpilot streaming video site Science fiction comedy Stanisław Lem fictional characters Fictional astronauts