The future is so bright that we have to wear shades. Speculations about the future.
Typhoon
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by Typhoon » Sun Sep 14, 2014 8:36 pm
The Future According to Stanisław Lem
This goal animates his [Stanisław Lem's\ kaleidoscopic body of work—a collection so diverse that Philip K. Dick once wrote to the FBI that Lem wasn’t a real person but a committee masterminded by the Communist Party.
May the gods preserve and defend me from self-righteous altruists; I can defend myself from my enemies and my friends.
noddy
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by noddy » Mon Sep 15, 2014 3:04 am
thanks, on the reading list.
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Typhoon
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by Typhoon » Fri May 15, 2015 3:11 am
NapLajoieonSteroids wrote: Typhoon, are you a huge Lem fan?
I certainly am.
I think that
The Cyberiad is one of the greatest and most perceptive works of 20th century fiction.
May the gods preserve and defend me from self-righteous altruists; I can defend myself from my enemies and my friends.
Azrael
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by Azrael » Sat Jul 04, 2015 6:32 am
Typhoon wrote: NapLajoieonSteroids wrote: Typhoon, are you a huge Lem fan?
I certainly am.
I think that
The Cyberiad is one of the greatest and most perceptive works of 20th century fiction.
It is on my reading list.
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