![]() ![]() ![]() A treatise on computer-generated literature includes machine-neologisms like "horseman" (centaur) and "piglet" (a filthy rooming house). Next, with deadpan glee, Lem presents a scientist breeding bacteria that communicate in Morse code and foretell the future. The first introduction concerns a bizarre volume of pornographic soft-focus X-ray plates. (It first appeared in Polish in 1973.) And each entry displays a different facet of the formidable Lem talent. Here, in a companion book of sorts, he concocts introductions to nonexistent books, complete with sample pages, plus an introduction to introductions in general. In A Perfect Vacuum (1979), Leto offered a collection of reviews of nonexistent books. ![]()
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