These wickedly authentic introductions to twenty-first-century books preface tomes on teaching English to bacteria, using animated X-rays to create “pornograms,” and analyzing computer-generated literature through the science of “bitistics.” “Lem, a science fiction Bach, plays in this book a googleplex of variations on his basic themes” (New York Times Book Review). Translated by Marc E. Heine. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
ISBN: 9780544003088
Imprint: Harper Voyager
On Sale: Mar 29, 2012
List price: $17.5
No of pages: 264
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Stanislaw Lem

Biography

Stanislaw Lem (1921-2006) was the most widely translated and best known science fiction author writing outside of the English language. Winner of the Kafka Prize, he was a contributor to many magazines, including the New Yorker, and the author of numerous works, including Solaris.

These wickedly authentic introductions to twenty-first-century books preface tomes on teaching English to bacteria, using animated X-rays to create “pornograms,” and analyzing computer-generated literature through the science of “bitistics.” “Lem, a science fiction Bach, plays in this book a googleplex of variations on his basic themes” (New York Times Book Review). Translated by Marc E. Heine. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

ISBN: 9780544003088
Imprint: Harper Voyager
On Sale: Mar 29, 2012
List price: $17.5
No of pages: 264
Trim Size:
BISAC 1: FICTION / Science Fiction / General
BISAC 2: FICTION / Satire
BISAC 3: FICTION / Humorous / General
BISAC 4:
BISAC 5:
BISAC 6:

Stanislaw Lem

Biography

Stanislaw Lem (1921-2006) was the most widely translated and best known science fiction author writing outside of the English language. Winner of the Kafka Prize, he was a contributor to many magazines, including the New Yorker, and the author of numerous works, including Solaris.