Lem Book

Otto Sell o.sell at telda.net
Mon Jul 10 06:13:10 CDT 2000


The German title is *Imaginäre Groesse* (1973) and I cannot find it at
amazon.com so I cannot tell the English one.

Otto

----- Original Message -----
From: John Peacock <johndrewp at zoo.co.uk>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 9:41 PM
Subject: Lem Book


> > Dave Monroe said:
> >
> > I'd think Lem would indeed be of interest here, esp. Solaris, The
Cyberiad, A Perfect Vacuum,
> > er,
> > that other one kinda like A Perfect Vacuum ...
>
> It's  called One Human Minute - both are books of reviews of nonexistent
books, of which my
> favourite is Gruppenfuhrer Louis XVI in A Perfect Vacuum, which would make
a wonderful Herzog
> movie (the nonexistent book, obviously, not the existent review). What a
shame Klaus Kinski is
> no longer with us to play Taudlitz.
>
> And let's not forget The Star Diaries and The Futurological Congress (to
which The Matrix owes a
> huge debt, methinks).
>
> Which is the book of forewords to non-existent books?
>
> John
>
>
>





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