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The Polish science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem, whose works include Return from the Stars, The Cyberiad, A Perfect Vacuum, and Solaris, has been hailed as a "literary Einstein" and a science-fiction Bach. The Art and Science of Stanislaw Lem provides an inter-disciplinary analysis of his influence on Western culture and the creative partnering of art and science in his fiction and futorology by American and European scholars who have defined Lem scholarship. Rather than analyzing Lem solely as a science fiction writer, the contributors examine the larger themes in his work, such as social engineering and human violence, agency and consciousness, Freudianism and the creative process, evolution and the philosophy of the future, virtual reality and epistemological illusion, and science fiction and socio-cultural policy. This unique collection also includes "Smart Robots," a previously unpublished essay by Lem. Contributors include Peter Butko (Southern Mississippi), Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr (DePauw), Katherine Hayles (California at Los Angeles), Jerzy Jarzebski (Jagiellonian, University Cracow), Michael Kandel (Modern Language Association), Stanislaw Lem, Paisley Livingston (Lingnan University, Hong Kong), Krzysztof Loska (Jagiellonian University), and Peter Swirski (Hong Kong).

Polish literature. --- Lem, Stanisław --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Lem, Stanisaw

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Through close analysis of Eureka and The Purloined Letter, Swirski evaluates Poe's epistemological theses in the light of contemporary philosophy of science and presents literary interpretation as a cooperative game played by the author and reader, thereby illuminating how we read fiction. The analysis of Poe's little-studied Eureka provides the basis for his discussion of Lem's critique of scientific reductionism and futurological forecasts. Drawing on his own interviews with Lem as well as analysis of his works, Swirski considers the author's scenarios involving computers capable of creative acts and discusses their socio-cultural implications. His analysis leads to bold arguments about the nature of literature and its relation to a broad range of other disciplines.

Literature and science. --- Aesthetics, American. --- Cognitive science. --- Littérature et sciences --- Esthétique américaine --- Sciences cognitives --- Poe, Edgar Allan, --- Lem, Stanisław --- Knowledge --- Science. --- Poetry and science --- Science and literature --- Science and poetry --- Science and the humanities --- Lem, Stanisław, --- Po, Edgar, --- Boy, Ētkar, --- Poe, E. A. --- Poë, Edgard, --- Pui, ʼAggā ʼAyʻlaṅʻ, --- Pō, Eḍgār Ālen, --- Po, Edhar, --- Poe, Edgar Allen, --- Perry, Edgar A., --- По, Эдгар Аллан, --- По, Эдгар, --- פאו, עדגאר עלען --- פאו, עדגאר עלען, --- פא, אדגאר אלאן --- פא, עדגאר --- פא, עדגאר עלען, --- פו, אדגר --- פו, אדגר אלן --- פו, אדגר אלן, --- アランポオ, --- 愛倫坡, --- Po, Ailun, --- Quarles, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Pau, Aiḍgar Elan, --- پو، ايڈگر ايلن --- Lem, Stanisaw