Microworlds

In this bold and controversial examination of the past, present, and future of science fiction, Lem informs the raging debate over the literary merit of the genre with ten arch, incisive, provocative essays. Edited and with an Introduction by Franz Rottensteiner. Translated by Rottensteiner and others. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Über den Autor / die Autorin

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.

Zusammenfassung

In this bold and controversial examination of the past, present, and future of science fiction, Lem informs the raging debate over the literary merit of the genre with ten arch, incisive, provocative essays. Edited and with an Introduction by Franz Rottensteiner. Translated by Rottensteiner and others. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Lem, Stanislaw Lem
• Mitarbeit: Franz Rottensteiner (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 24.11.1986
• EAN: 9780156594431
• ISBN: 978-0-15-659443-1
• Seiten: 312
• Gewicht: 4531 g
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Science Fiction, Fantasy, Physics, Biology, life sciences, Anthologies: general, Renaissance style, Literary reference works, Diaries, letters and journals, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literature: history and criticism, Botany and plant sciences, SCIENCE: Physics / General, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Biology, LITERARY CRITICISM: Books & Reading, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / Botany, LITERARY CRITICISM: Science Fiction & Fantasy, LITERARY CRITICISM: Reference, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Ancient & Classical