Synopsis
This is a collection of perfect yet imaginary reviews of nonexistent books. With insidious wit, the author beguiles us with a parade of delightful, disarmingly familiar inventions. "Lem is Harpo Marx and Franz Kafka and Isaac Asimov rolled up into one and down the white rabbit's hole" (Detroit News). A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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Praise for Stanislaw Lem:
"ÝLem is¨ a Jorge Luis Borges for the Space Age, who plays in earnest with every concept of philosophy and physics, from free will to probability theory."
--"New York Times Book Review"
Praise for Stanislaw Lem:
"[Lem is] a Jorge Luis Borges for the Space Age, who plays in earnest with every concept of philosophy and physics, from free will to probability theory."
--"New York Times Book Review"
Praise for Stanislaw Lem:
"[Lem is] a Jorge Luis Borges for the Space Age, who plays in earnest with every concept of philosophy and physics, from free will to probability theory."
--"New York Times Book Review"
Praise for Stanislaw Lem:
"[Lem is] a Jorge Luis Borges for the Space Age, who plays in earnest with every concept of philosophy and physics, from free will to probability theory."
--New York Times Book Review
Praise for Stanislaw Lem:
--New York Times Book Review
About the Author
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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A Perfect Vacuum: Perfect Reviews of Nonexistent Books
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Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine+. 1st American Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED by Lem on a a small plain white bookplate decal on front end page (signature only). $8.95 price on DJ flap; mylar protected. Bookplate signed in 1987- photocopy of return envelope, postmarked Feb. 1987, from Lem's literary agent in Vienna. Very scarce signature from Sci-Fi master Lem. (Bonus: Comes with a unsigned 1st Printing hardcover copy of Lem's "Memoirs of a Space Traveller"). NOTE: No international orders for this item. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 023141