false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649225m/28763.jpg 28763 11 A witty and inventive satire of "men of science" and their thinking, as a team of scientists races to decode a mysterious message from space. "I had the feeling that I was standing at the cradle of a new mythology. A last will and testament...we as the posthumous heirs of Them..." 2404106 1968 His Master's Voice total:203|5:65|4:79|3:44|2:11|1:4| 203 799 292 23 5 0 false false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 14:41:09 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 22:48:32 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 17:51:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 11:55:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 18 21:55:51 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 21:57:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 14 18:45:06 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 18:45:06 -0700 2008
His Masters Voice can feel like a series of disconnected essays on grand themes, but the whole thing adds up to a wrenchin...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 12:53:52 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 01:33:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed May 21 13:41:25 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 13:53:28 -0700 2008
A wonderful premise that cannot overcome Lem's incredibly glacial choice of prose. It may be this version's translation - normally I love Lem in pretty much anything he does. This particular treatment of one of his pet themes (alien intelligence is beyond ou...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 03 06:44:06 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 21 11:21:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985 Tue Jul 14 20:48:39 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 20:51:08 -0700 2009 1 4 0 false false Thu Mar 27 10:39:37 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 02 08:17:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 06:27:08 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 06:27:08 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 14:15:45 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 11:41:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 17:35:25 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 17:55:57 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Feb 11 09:14:31 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 09:18:20 -0800 2009 5 1 false false Wed Dec 31 13:12:26 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 13:27:49 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 06:04:06 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 03:56:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Feb 29 22:10:49 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 29 23:42:03 -0800 2008 naked lunch was fucking published? granted, i think this was a translation, but that's no excuse. i read a translation of The Red & The Black that made for an incredible read. Ditto for a recent...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 06 10:26:38 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 10:40:33 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Tue Jul 15 13:15:32 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 13:16:21 -0700 2008 ]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 12:31:16 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 12:03:14 -0700 2008 The Andromeda Strain should have been, or perhaps a less optimistic counterpart to Contact.]]> 0 0 false false Fri Jul 04 15:43:13 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 15:44:54 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=28763