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Memoirs Found in a Bathtub by Stanislaw Lem

Memoirs Found in a Bathtub

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Stanislaw Lem, Michael Kandel, Christine Rose

HarperCollins · Ebook · July 23, 1986

The year is 3149, and a vast paper destroying blight-papyralysis-has obliterated much of the planet's written history.

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Who it’s for
A clipped, paranoid ride through systems that keep multiplying themselves.
Genres
Funny Sci-Fi, Dystopian, Satire
Published
HarperCollins, July 23, 1986

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About this book

The year is 3149, and a vast paper destroying blight-papyralysis-has obliterated much of the planet's written history. However, these rare memoirs, preserved for centuries in a volcanic rock, record the strange life of a man trapped in a hermetically sealed underground community. Translated by Michael Kandel and Christine Rose.

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A clipped, paranoid ride through systems that keep multiplying themselves.

Come here for

  • bureaucratic dread, played dry
  • Kafka-by-way-of-science-fiction unease

Expect

  • high-strangeness procedural energy
  • more atmosphere and texture than tidy explanation

Where it sits

Dystopian54%
Funny Sci-Fi40%
Satire40%

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Publisher categories

  • Fantasy
  • Epic Fantasy
  • Literary Fiction
  • Sci-Fi
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  • Sci-Fi Adventure
  • Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
  • Genetic Engineering Sci-Fi
  • Women's Fiction
Authors
Stanislaw Lem, Michael Kandel, Christine Rose
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
July 23, 1986
Format
Ebook
Reading lane
Fantasy