{"product_id":"a-stanislaw-lem-reader-peter-swirski-9780810114951","title":"A Stanislaw LEM Reader","description":"Polish-born Lem is one of the best-selling unknown writers of science fiction in the US. This collection assembles in-depth and insightful writings by and about, as well as interviews with, Lem. Two interviews are separated by Lem's own 1991 essay in which he surveys in detail 30 years of his earlier work, much of which has never been translated into English. Readers interested in Lem's provocative and uncompromising view of literature's role in the contemporary cultural environment, and in Lem's opinions about his own fiction, about the relation of literature to science and technology, and the dead ends of contemporary culture, will be fascinated by this eclectic collection. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Swirski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081011495X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810114951\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.51h x 5.61w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/25\/1997 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/1997 pg. 1295\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/1997 pg. 301","brand":"Peter Swirski","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065160610047,"sku":"9780810114951","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dfe32036-dde0-4834-8555-9c58e1920379.jpg?v=1768673390","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-stanislaw-lem-reader-peter-swirski-9780810114951","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}