Imaginary Magnitude

Imaginary Magnitude

Imaginary Magnitude

Imaginary Magnitude

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Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780156441803
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 10/28/1985
Series: A Helen and Kurt Wolff Bk.
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 264
Sales rank: 1,033,545
Product dimensions: 5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

About The Author
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.
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