Wenn wir etwas besonders bewundern, sagen wir, das ist phantastisch! Man verachte nicht den alltäglichen Sprachgebrauch. Was Stanislaw Lern in seinen Geschichten treibt, ist phantastisch in doppeltem Sinne. Phantasie ist im Spiel, ein Übermaß an Phantasie.
Wenn wir etwas besonders bewundern, sagen wir, das ist phantastisch! Man verachte nicht den alltäglichen Sprachgebrauch. Was Stanislaw Lern in seinen...
Nacht und Schimmel bietet einen Querschnitt durch Lems Schaffen der letzten 15 Jahre und durch die Vielfalt seiner Ideen und Stilmodalitäten. Das Spektrum reicht von frühen Grotesken wie "Gibt es Sie, Mister Johns?" bis zur "Neuen Kosmogonie", einer originellen Anwendung der Spieltheorie auf kosmogonische Probleme.
Nacht und Schimmel bietet einen Querschnitt durch Lems Schaffen der letzten 15 Jahre und durch die Vielfalt seiner Ideen und Stilmodalitäten. Das Spe...
A former astronaut turned private detective is dispatched to Naples to discover the pattern in a mysterious series of deaths and disappearances occurring at a seaside spa. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
A former astronaut turned private detective is dispatched to Naples to discover the pattern in a mysterious series of deaths and disappearances occurr...
The year is 3149, and a vast paper destroying blight-papyralysis-has obliterated much of the planet's written history. However, these rare memoirs, preserved for centuries in a volcanic rock, record the strange life of a man trapped in a hermetically sealed underground community. Translated by Michael Kandel and Christine Rose.
The year is 3149, and a vast paper destroying blight-papyralysis-has obliterated much of the planet's written history. However, these rare memoirs, pr...
Ijon Tichy, Lem's Candide of the Cosmos, encounters bizarre civilizations and creatures in space that serve to satirize science, the rational mind, theology, and other icons of human pride. Line drawings by the Author. Translated by Michael Kandel.
Ijon Tichy, Lem's Candide of the Cosmos, encounters bizarre civilizations and creatures in space that serve to satirize science, the rational mind, th...
In Pilot Pirx, Lem has created an irresistibly likable character: an astronaut who gives the impression of still navigating by the seat of his pants-a bumbler but an inspired one. By investing Pirx with a range of human foibles, Lem offers a wonderful vision of the audacity, childlike curiosity, and intuition that can give humans the courage to confront outer space. Translated by Louis Iribarne. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
In Pilot Pirx, Lem has created an irresistibly likable character: an astronaut who gives the impression of still navigating by the seat of his pants-a...
Stanislaw Lem died on 26 March, 2006. No one can literally bring back his mortal engine to life. But his voice can be heard afresh for the benefit of all those who believe that, with his passing, a quintessential element of twentieth-century artistic and intellectual heritage has come to an end. Peter Swirski's edited and annotated translation of Lem's fifteen-year correspondence with his principal American translator offers an unparalleled testimony to the raw intellectual powers, smouldering literary passions, and abiding personal concerns from the central period of the writer's life...
Stanislaw Lem died on 26 March, 2006. No one can literally bring back his mortal engine to life. But his voice can be heard afresh for the benefit of ...