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In ten essays, a master of science fiction and fantasy discusses the current state of the genre in analyses of the scientific and literary bases of his own and others' work
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Stanislaw Lem is the most widely translated and best known science fiction author writing outside of the English language. Winner of the Kafka Prize, he is a contributor to many magazines, including the New Yorker, and he is the author of numerous works, including Solaris.
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MICROWORLDS: WRITINGS ON SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY. Edited by Franz Rottensteiner
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Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii] ix-xviii 1-285 [286: blank], cloth-backed boards. First edition. Nonfiction miscellany including an autobiographical sketch, reviews, afterwords and essays. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 8-80. Remainder stripe to bottom edge of text block, else a fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#177841). Seller Inventory # 177841
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Microworlds: Writings on Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Microworlds : Writings On Science Fiction And Fantasy
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Microworlds
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Hardback: 8½" x 5¾". Condition: Near Fine: Small signs of wear. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Cover Art: Mark Likgalter (illustrator). 1st Edition. © 1985: A collection of 10 essays by Stanislaw Lem concerning science fiction. 1st edition, 1st printing. Edited and with an introduction by Franz Rottensteiner. Light foxing to text block:- Contents: Reflections On My Life / On The Structural Analysis Of Science Fiction / Science Fiction: A Hopeless Case - With Exceptions / Philip K Dick: A Visionary Among The Charlatans / The Time Travel Story And Related Matters Of Science-Fiction Structuring / Metafantasia: The Possibilities Of Science Fiction / Cosmology And Science Fiction / Todorov's Fantastic Theory Of Literature / Unitas Oppositorum: The Prose Of Jorge Luis Borges / About The Strugatskys' 'Roadside Picnic':- Synopsis: A bold and controversial look at the past, present, and future of science fiction, by a master of the genre. In the ten extraordinary essays collected here, Stanislaw Lem expertly examines the scientific and literary premises of his own works and those of others. Lem believes that science fiction and fantasy should be a laboratory for attempting to discover what hasn't been thought or done before, a place for experiment on the cutting edge of human awareness. Lem writes with polemical passion about what he regards as science fiction's squandered potential: he sees it as bogged down in a rehash of myth and fairy tales. Too often, says Lem, science fiction resorts to well-worn patterns of primitive adventure literature, plays empty games with the tired devices of time travel and robots, and turns its back on time-honored cultural and intellectual values. This collection of critical essays is quintessential Lem - arch, incisive, and provocative:- (original cost $14.95). Seller Inventory # 20.051.00110
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Microworlds: Writings on Science Fiction and Fantasy
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