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Stanisław Lem's fictitious criticism of nonexisting books may be found in his following works: in three collections of faux reviews of fictitious books: ''A Perfect Vacuum'' (, 1971), ''Provocation'' (, 1984), and ''Library of 21st Century'' (, 1986) translated as ''One Human Minute'', and in ''Imaginary Magnitude'' (''Wielkość Urojona'', 1973), a collection of introductions to nonexistent books. Reviewing nonexistent books, a modern form of pseudepigraphy, is not a theme unique to Lem (consider Jorge Luis Borges' ''Pierre Menard, Author of the "Quixote"'' or ''An Examination of the Work of Herbert Quain''), but the idea of an entire anthology of such pieces is rather novel. Lem attempted to create different fictional reviewers and authors for each of the books. In his own words: "I tried to imitate various styles – that of a book review, a lecture, a presentation, a speech (of a Nobel Prize laureate) and so on". Some of the reviews are lighthearted, concentrating mostly on the story; others, however, read more like serious, academic reviews. Some of the reviews are parodies, or the books being reviewed are parodies or complete impossibilities, others are quite serious and can be seen almost as drafts for novels that Lem never got around to write. It can also be said that in this book Lem criticizes the postmodernist "games for games' sake" ethos, turning it against itself. ==''A Perfect Vacuum''== (詳細はStanisław Lem, the largest and best known collection of Stanislaw Lem's fictitious criticism of nonexisting books. 〔(Book's entry on Lem's official page, contains author's notes in English )〕 It was translated into English by Michael Kandel.〔Stanisław Lem, ''A Perfect Vacuum'', Northwestern University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-8101-1733-9〕 Some of the reviews remind the reader of drafts of his science-fiction novels, some read like philosophical pieces across scientific topics, from cosmology to the pervasiveness of computers, finally others satirise and parody everything from the nouveau roman to pornography, ''Ulysses'', "authorless writing", and Dostoevsky. The 2008 edition of the book printed by Agora SA contained a supplement by Jacek Dukaj titled ''Who Wrote Stanisław Lem?'', nominated for the 2009 Janusz A. Zajdel Award.〔()〕 〔()〕It is a faux review of a book published in 2071, the book being a discussion of the activities of artificial intelligences which simulated Stanisław Lem. In fact, Dukaj maintained a column of faux reviews, ''Alternative Bookstore'' () in Polish magazine ''Science Fiction'' (from #14 (04/2002) to #33 (12/2003)). In an interview he claimed that it was not an intended continuation of Lem's work; rather he had a number of ideas he didn't have time to develop in full.〔("Kiedy temat bierze pisarza za gardło" ), an interview with Jacek Dukaj origiginally appeared in magazine ''Lampa'', no. 25, 04/2006〕 The Agora SA edition also contained the "Glossary of Lem's Terminology" ("Słownik terminów Lemowskich") based on the book ''Co to są sepulki? Wszystko o Lemie (2007)'' by Wojciech Orliński. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stanislaw Lem's fictitious criticism of nonexisting books」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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