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First Edition of Lem’s Monograph on Science Fiction

Lem, Stanislaw

Fantastyka i Futurologia. [Science Fiction And Futurology.]

Krakow: Wydawnictwo Literackie, [1970]. Cover design by Barbara Konarzewska. First edition. In two volumes. In publisher’s printed green cloth with the illustrated dust jacket. 292, (4); 458, (2) p. Dust jacket very slightly rubbed and chipped. Some damage to the edge of the rear panel of the first volume at the head. Light stains on the bottom of the rear panel and the spine of volume 2. Overall in fine condition.

First edition of Stanislaw Lem’s monograph about science fiction and futurology in which Lem criticizes the Western science fiction. Lem wrote about his work that “[...] this monograph is an expression of my personal utopia: a longing for a better science fiction - one that should exist.” as according to his opinion, “Science fiction became a vulgar mythology of technological civilization.”

Stanislaw Lem (1921–2006), the author of Solaris, was a Polish science fiction writer, the most celebrated SF author in the Communist world.

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Price: €500.00