Lem Book

John Peacock johndrewp at zoo.co.uk
Sat Jul 8 14:41:27 CDT 2000


> 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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