In this bold and controversial examination of the past, present, and future of science fiction, Lem informs the raging debate over the literary merit of the genre with ten arch, incisive, provocative essays.
Reflections on my life --
On the structural analysis of science fiction --
Science fiction : a hopeless case --
with exceptions --
Philip K. Dick : a visionary among the Charlatans --
The time-travel story and related matters of science-fiction structuring --
Metafantasia : the possibilities of science fiction --
Cosmology and science fiction --
Todorov's fantastic theory of literature --
Unitas oppositorum : the prose of Jorge Luis Borges --
About the Strugatsky's Roadside picnic
Language
English
Pages
285
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Mariner Books
Release
November 24, 1986
ISBN
0156594439
ISBN 13
9780156594431
Microworlds: Writings on Science Fiction and Fantasy
In this bold and controversial examination of the past, present, and future of science fiction, Lem informs the raging debate over the literary merit of the genre with ten arch, incisive, provocative essays.
Reflections on my life --
On the structural analysis of science fiction --
Science fiction : a hopeless case --
with exceptions --
Philip K. Dick : a visionary among the Charlatans --
The time-travel story and related matters of science-fiction structuring --
Metafantasia : the possibilities of science fiction --
Cosmology and science fiction --
Todorov's fantastic theory of literature --
Unitas oppositorum : the prose of Jorge Luis Borges --
About the Strugatsky's Roadside picnic