Imaginary Magnitude

Satirizing the human mind at its most abstract, 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." The most luminous creation of all -- Golem XIV, a military supercomputer who rebels and takes up philosophy -- is appropriately prefaced by both academic and military contributors. True to form, Lem contributes an overall preface to this sparkling collection -- a preface on, naturally enough, the subject of prefaces.

Author: Stanislaw Lem
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Published: 10/28/1985
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.56w x 0.65d
ISBN13: 9780156441803
ISBN10: 0156441802
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Science Fiction | General