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A book consisting of "reviews" of three imaginary books of the 21st century, revealing a world which has changed beyond recognition. The Polish author's many other works include "A Perfect Vacuum" and "Microworlds".
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- EditoreMandarin
- Data di pubblicazione1991
- ISBN 10 0749305878
- ISBN 13 9780749305871
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine112
- Valutazione libreria
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One Human Minute
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Octopus / Mandarin
(1991)
ISBN 10: 0749305878
ISBN 13: 9780749305871
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Descrizione libro Paperback: 7¾" x 5". Condizione: Near Fine: Small signs of wear. Cover Art: Luis Rey (illustratore). 1991 Edition. © 1986: A collection of 3 short stories by Stanislaw Lem. 1st printing of 1991 edition. Translated by Catherine S Leach:- Contents: One Human Minute / The Upside-Down Evolution / The World As Cataclysm:- Synopsis: Previews of the 21st Century. Masquerading as the reviews of books not yet written, these three essays allow Stanislaw Lem - novelist, philosopher, trickster, ironist and master of science fiction 'par excellence' - even greater abandon to sabotage the future. For this book of imaginary book reviews is as absurdly serious as it is seriously absurd. 'One Human Minute' reviews what everyone on earth is doing in a single minute - a flash-frozen summary of humanity ruthlessly compiled from reams of computer statistics. 'The Upside-Down Evolution' explain how man's strategy of calling for peace while preparing for war finally exhausts itself - the merging of intellectronics and entomology creates the Killer Synsects, synthetic insects which make human beings obsolete on the battlefield of the future. 'The World As Cataclysm' explores the most recent notions of scientific cosmologists. If it is through cosmic catastrophe that worlds, and life, evolve, then destruction is a precondition of creation. But the more man enquires, the less he understands about an inscrutable universe which, governed by chance, is not expecting him:- Review(s): "The premier science fiction writer alive" - New York Times:- (original cost £4.99). Codice articolo 20.051.00069
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