Imaginary MagnitudeThese 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 |
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Introduction | 1 |
Cezary Strzybisz Necrobes | 11 |
Reginald Gulliver Eruntics | 21 |
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