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| name          = Stanislaw Lem: A Celebration
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| name          = Kosmopolis - Operation Lem
| image        = lemistry.jpg
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| begins        = 2011-12-02
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| begins        = 2011-03-25
| ends          = 2011-12-02
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| ends          = 2011-03-26
| date          = 2011-12-02 at 7PM
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| location      = Madlab, 36 - 40 Edge Street, Manchester, M4 1HN
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| location      = Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Montalegre, 5 - 08001 Barcelona
| organizer    = Comma Press, Polish Cultural Institute in London
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| organizer    = Instituto Polaco de Cultura de Madrid
| participants  = Annie Clarkson, [[Wojciech Orliński]], Trevor Hoyle
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| participants  = [[Jerzy Jarzębski]], [[Wojciech Orliński]], [[Fernando Ángel Moreno]], [[David Torres]]
 
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| website      = http://www.commapress.co.uk/?section=books&page=Lemistry
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| website      = http://www.cccb.org/kosmopolis/en/edicio_tema-operacio_lem-35662?t=35814
 
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The Eastern Bloc's answer to Philip. K. Dick? The forefather of sci-fi comedy? The inventor of virtual reality, nanotech-warfare, eBooks, The Sims computer game... etc, etc. Stanislaw Lem has many titles, accolades, and credits, but his influence is felt more widely than his name is known.  
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Monographic dedicated to celebrate 90th anniversary of Stanisław Lem's birth.
  
Friday 2nd December 7pm, Lemistry contributors Annie Clarkson, Trevor Hoyle and Wojciech Orlinski read from their work and discuss Lem's often unrecognised influence within science fiction today.  
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Stanisław Lem was one of the reformists of science fiction literature and, alongside Jorge Luis Borges and Italo Calvino, one of the key figures in fantastic literature. It was scientific fantasy that brought him worldwide renown, but it is in his essays that vast knowledge and the originality of his philosophical thinking is best displayed. Stanisław Lem was, furthermore, a visionary, who back in the 60s predicted the development of computer technology and virtual worlds in his work entitled [[:Category:Summa Technologiae]].
  
Lemistry is a celebration of the great Polish writer's legacy featuring previously untranslated work and a host of stories and essays responding to, and influenced by, his visions.  
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His books, which include [[:Category:Cyberiada|Cyberiada]] and [[:Category:Solaris|Solaris]], have been translated into 40 languages and have sold upwards of 27 million copies. 2011 is the 90th anniversary of his birth and, to mark this occasion, Kosmopolis shall dedicate a special monographic presentation, including debates, performances and unreleased audiovisual material.
  
Free, but email [mailto:ra.page@commapress.co.uk ra.page@commapress.co.uk] to book a place.  
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With the collaboration of the Instituto Polaco de Cultura de Madrid.
  
Annie Clarkson is a poet and short fiction writer living in Manchester. Her first poetry collection Winter Hands was published by Shadow Train. Her short fiction has been published by Comma (in Brace and Litmus), Flax Books and in various literary magazines.
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===Program===
  
Trevor Hoyle has published fiction with John Calder, such as Vail, Blind Needle and The Man Who Travelled on Motorways. In the late 1970s he gained recognition for his 'Q' science fiction trilogy and his novel Earth Cult. His environmental novel The Last Gasp is currently under option in Hollywood, and his latest work, the 'fictional memoir' Down the Figure 7, is set in Lancashire just after the war. He also writes radio drama, winning the Radio Times Drama Award for his play GIGO.  
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* Philip K. Dick - La penúltima verdad [Emiliano Larre, 2008, 89’, Spanish. Premiere]
 
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* Milhojas (Przekladaniec)[Andrzej Wajda, 1968, 40’, OVSS. Premiere]
Wojciech Orlinski trained as a chemist but has devoted most of his professional life to writing about science fiction, as a journalist, writer and blogger. Since 1997 he has been a regular columnist for Gazeta Wyborcza. He has published science fiction stories and opinion pieces in Nowa Fantastyka, and his books include What Are Sepulki? All About Lem (2010) and America Does Not Exist (2010).
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* Roundtable about Stanislaw Lem: [[Jerzy Jarzębski]], [[Wojciech Orliński]], Fernando Ángel Moreno and [[David Torres]]
 
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* Łukasz Szalankiewicz – Zenial [Voice of Lord - Glos Pana]
Co-commissioned by the Polish Cultural Institute in London.
 
With support from the Polish Book Institute.
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:12, 28 November 2011

Kosmopolis - Operation Lem
Kosmopolis.gif
Begins 2011-03-25
Ends 2011-03-26
Location(s) Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Montalegre, 5 - 08001 Barcelona
Participants Jerzy Jarzębski, Wojciech Orliński, Fernando Ángel Moreno, David Torres
Organizer Instituto Polaco de Cultura de Madrid
Website
http://www.cccb.org/kosmopolis/en/edicio_tema-operacio_lem-35662?t=35814


Monographic dedicated to celebrate 90th anniversary of Stanisław Lem's birth.

Stanisław Lem was one of the reformists of science fiction literature and, alongside Jorge Luis Borges and Italo Calvino, one of the key figures in fantastic literature. It was scientific fantasy that brought him worldwide renown, but it is in his essays that vast knowledge and the originality of his philosophical thinking is best displayed. Stanisław Lem was, furthermore, a visionary, who back in the 60s predicted the development of computer technology and virtual worlds in his work entitled Category:Summa Technologiae.

His books, which include Cyberiada and Solaris, have been translated into 40 languages and have sold upwards of 27 million copies. 2011 is the 90th anniversary of his birth and, to mark this occasion, Kosmopolis shall dedicate a special monographic presentation, including debates, performances and unreleased audiovisual material.

With the collaboration of the Instituto Polaco de Cultura de Madrid.

Program

  • Philip K. Dick - La penúltima verdad [Emiliano Larre, 2008, 89’, Spanish. Premiere]
  • Milhojas (Przekladaniec)[Andrzej Wajda, 1968, 40’, OVSS. Premiere]
  • Roundtable about Stanislaw Lem: Jerzy Jarzębski, Wojciech Orliński, Fernando Ángel Moreno and David Torres
  • Łukasz Szalankiewicz – Zenial [Voice of Lord - Glos Pana]