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defeating the beasts, dragons, monsters, and cyclopses) the reader receives a great reward - true human philosophical knowledge. Lyuben Dilov's books provoke people to invent, to fantasize, to have fun and to put themself into the scenes, to interpret their lives through them and to enjoy the meaning and the knowledge. They are a philosophy of life..."
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526:(1979), etc. are characterized by parody-satirical intonation. Dilov ironizes the space and technological ambitions of mankind. O. Saparev aptly described Dilov, calling the science fiction writer "an ironic skeptic and a frivolous moralist." Among the great works of the 60's, the philosophical novel
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