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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..."A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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"Twenty-five hundred scientists have been herded into an isolated site in the Nevada desert. A neutrino message of extraterrestrial origin has been received, and, under the surveillance of the Pentagon, the scientists labor on His Master's Voice, the secret program set up to decipher the transmission."--BOOK JACKET. "Among them is Peter Hogarth, an eminent mathematician whose posthumous diary makes up the novel. Hogarth joins His Master's Voice after all efforts to decode the message prove futile and, after an early success, gives up on the project to pursue clandestine research into the so-called TX effect. Hogarth comes to realize that the TX effect could lead to the construction of the ultimate weapon - a fission bomb - and that such knowledge must not be allowed into the hands of the military."--BOOK JACKET. "Originally published in 1968, His Master's Voice takes to task the military takeover of scientific research, Cold War - era politics, and humanity's perpetual capacity for (self-)destruction. It remains a mordant satire on scientific microworlds and the monstrous political and military systems bankrolling them."--BOOK JACKET.
About the Author
Stanislaw Lem (1921-2006) was the most widely translated and best known science fiction author writing outside of the English language. Winner of the Kafka Prize, he was a contributor to many magazines, including the New Yorker, and the author of numerous works, including Solaris.
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- PublisherMariner Books
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0156403005
- ISBN 13 9780156403009
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages208
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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984
ISBN 10: 0156403005
ISBN 13: 9780156403009
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HIS MASTER'S VOICE, Stanislaw Lem, translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel, softcover, stated first edition thus, second printing, 1984. ITEM CONDITION: very good. The text block is in near fine condition, with no tears, dog ears, or marks. Light smudges on half-title page and last free endpaper. No bookplate nor signature of a prior owner. Not a library book or remainder. The wraps are in good condition (lightly faded spine with light wrinkles, bookstore label attached to back cover). 7 x 4 ¼, 199 pages, 8 ounces XX [From the back cover] A pulsating stream of neutrino radiation from a source with the power of a sun has been detected on earth and a team of scientists assembled to study and decode the mysterious message. As the scientists wrangle among themselves, clashing and conspiring while jockeying for favor and position, Lem produces a witty and inventive satire of men of science and their thinking. In the race to discover whether the message is a technological gift or the formula for the ultimate weapon, the author grapples with the issue of scientific responsibility in a compelling sci-fi thriller. XX This is not a book, as it might seem, about science and scientists, the military, or politics, though they are all here. It is a book about the whole human race and what it's like to be part of the twentieth century (Washington Post). XX By the last chapters one is racing like a romance novel addict (Peter S, Beagle, New York Times Book Review). XX If he isn't considered for a Nobel Prize by the end of the century, it will be because someone told the judges that he writes science fiction (Philadelphia Inquirer). Seller Inventory # 002788
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