― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 24 April 2006 19:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― tom west (thomp), Monday, 24 April 2006 20:06 (eighteen years ago) link
The bio piece on him in the New Yorker is good. Checked the library and they have a weird smattering of his books (in electronic form, anyway), no Solaris or His Master's Voice. Anyone read The Cyberiad, Peace on Earth, the Star Diaries, More Tales of Pirx the Pilot, or A Perfect Vacuum (fake book reviews)?
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 17 January 2022 15:50 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I would recommend The Cyberiad and the Star Diaries as good entry points from that list. Both are essentially short story collections with vaguely overarching plots and the Star Diaries, in particular, has a couple of stories that I think about all the time.
― Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Monday, 17 January 2022 16:00 (two years ago) link
I've read the Cyberiad, a decent collection of sarcastic, cynical, and silly fables concerning two inventors and their inventions, nothing like Solaris or His Master's Voice.
― two sleeps till brooklyn (ledge), Monday, 17 January 2022 16:08 (two years ago) link
Never heard of that guy who wrote the NYer thing before, but probably would read something else by him.
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 17 January 2022 16:19 (two years ago) link
A Perfect Vacuum is the best thing of his I've read outside of Solaris and His Master's Voice, especially the 'review' of Gruppenführer Louis XVI about ex-Nazis cosplaying the 18th century French aristocracy in a South American jungle.
― the great replacement bus service (Matt #2), Monday, 17 January 2022 16:36 (two years ago) link
The Cyberiad is a fun read - "a decent collection of sarcastic, cynical, and silly fables concerning two inventors and their inventions" is a good summary from ledge.
― emil.y, Monday, 17 January 2022 18:35 (two years ago) link
Reposting this from the Jonathan Lethem thread (via the pinefox):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bx7umZ8aRI
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 4 May 2022 19:02 (one year ago) link