The worlds of limited-edition books (Arthur Clarke, Robert Heinlein, Wojciech Kajtoch, Stanisław Lem) by D.E. Martynov

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Robots poètes chez Stanisław Lem : réflexions sur la nécessaire étrangeté de la langue littéraire en contexte soviétique by Sylvia Chassaing

“…By studying the short story « The first sally (A), or Trurl’s electronic bard » and its main character, a poet robot, this article aims at showing what is at stake, both from a literary and a political point of view, in the stylistic choices made by Stanisław Lem in the Cyberiad. Firstly, the archaisms can be construed as references to Swift and Rabelais, which places Lem within a humanist tradition that takes issue in authority. …”
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Le grotesque en science-fiction by Istvan Csicsery-Ronay (Jr.)

“…Cet article interprète Solaris de Stanislaw Lem comme la quintessence du grotesque science-fictionnel littéraire. …”
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