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  1. Feb 23, 2016 · Vol. 36 No. 1 (2016): February / Book Reviews. Peter Swirski, "Stanislaw Lem: Philosopher of the Future." Iris Vidmar Auburn University and University of Rijeka. Abstract. Stanislaw Lem, Philosopher of the Future is a revealing and instructive guide to the philosophical fiction of Stanislaw Lem.

  2. The Montréal Review, January 2017. *** Back in the year two thousand, Peter Swirski took his interdisciplinary approach to Edgar Allan Poe and Stanislaw Lem. Rather than gushing over their artistic talent, Swirski focused on the extent to which these literary giants stepped into fields usually classified as ‘sciences only’.

  3. Nov 4, 2014 · In his latest masterpiece, Peter Swirski explores three core issues: computer written literature, machine thinking, and cultural evolution. Inspired by the writings of Stanislaw Lem, Alan Turing, and Charles Darwin—which roughly corresponds to the tripartite division of the book—and taking into consideration the latest developments in computer sciences and robotics, his main claim is that ...

  4. In the early 1990s, Lem met with the literary critic and scholar Peter Swirski for a series of extensive interviews, published together with other critical materials and translations as A Stanislaw Lem Reader (1997). In these interviews Lem speaks about a range of issues he rarely discussed previously.

  5. Sep 1, 2014 · Abstract. In Stanislaw Lem: Selected Letters to Michael Kandel, Peter Swirski brings a treasury of unknown elements of Lem's life and literary legacy to light.The Polish science fiction writer died in 2006, but in this book his voice is heard afresh for the benefit of those who believe that, with his passing, quintessential element of twentieth-century artistic and intellectual heritage has ...

  6. When Highbrow Meets Lowbrow: Popular Fiction and the Rise of Nobrow (2017) American Crime Fiction: A Cultural History of Nobrow Literature as Art (2016) American Political Fictions: War on Errorism in Contemporary American Literature, Culture, and Politics (2015) Stanislaw Lem: Philosopher of the Future (2015)

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  8. Please contact Liverpool University Press for more information about availability and access to this product. This book is no longer available to purchase from Cambridge Core. Peter Swirski. Publisher: Liverpool University Press. Online publication date: July 2017. Print publication year: 2015.

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