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One Human Minute
by Stanislaw Lem
Translated by Catherine S. Leach
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In three scathingly humorous reviews of not-yet-written books, Stanislaw Lem brings us
insights into the life of the 21st century. "One Human Minute" summarizes the activities of every
person on earth during a single minute. "The Upside-Down Evolution" depicts a battlefield
devoid of human activity, where synthetic bugs -- synsects -- vie for supremacy. "The World as
Cataclysm" unfolds the universe as a crooked roulette wheel, where cosmic catastrophe prevails
over orderly evolution. All reflect the speculative imagination and dark humor that have made
Lem a grand master of the science fiction genre.

"It is exhilarating to watch Lem building his argument. . . a splendid performance by a powerful
mind." -- Robert Silverberg, San Francisco Chronicle



English translation copyright ┬й 1986
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lem, Stanislaw.
One human minute.
Translated from the Polish.
"A Helen and Kurt Wolff book."
Contents: One human minute -- The upside down
evolution -- The world as cataclysm. I. Title
PG7158.L39A25 1985 891.8'537 85-14080
ISBN 0-15-169550-4
ISBN 0-15-668795-X (Harvest: pbk.)

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