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Subject: [Leica] Stanislaw Lem
From: jon.stanton at comcast.net (jon.stanton@comcast.net)
Date: Wed Mar 29 06:44:26 2006

The list on Abebooks can also be read in reverse order...I think there were 
copies of Solaris at $1...

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From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net>
> It's not a book to read - it's a book to collect and treasure. ;-)
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> On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:45:16 -0500 "Don Dory" <don.dory@gmail.com> wrote:
> "Jon,
> "You gotta love the LUG.  Your URL brought up a site selling collectors
> "editions starting at $2500.  Yes, there were some not such good condition
> "books at only $145.  It is so much fun to complain about the high price of
> "cameras, but $145 for a book to read?  But that continues our fascination
> "with single malt scotches, hand built chronographs, and occasionally hand
> "built cameras from Germany.  :)
> "
> "Don
> "don.dory@gmail.com
> "
> "
> "On 3/28/06, jon.stanton@comcast.net <jon.stanton@comcast.net> wrote:
> ">
> "> Have you tried Abebooks.com
> ">
> "> Here is a sample:
> "> 
> http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=stanislaw+lem&y=4&x=43&sort
> by=1
> ">
> ">
> ">
> ">
> ">
> ">
> "> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> "> From: "Arche, Harvey" <Harvey.Arche@jp2hs.org>
> "> > I've been hearing about Lem for 30 years, and searched for copies of 
> his
> "> books.
> "> > When I found them they were English translations from the French
> "> translations of
> "> > the original Polish, and sorry to say, I couldn't hack reading them. 
> So
> "> they sit
> "> > on my shelves out of reach, to my great regret. Are there now decent
> "> English
> "> > versions? Been reading (and re-reading) Phil Dick since '72.
> "> > Arche
> "> >
> "> > >Just heard that Stanislaw Lem, one of the great science fiction 
> writers
> "> of
> "> > >all time passed away yesterday. Any fans of his on this list?
> "> >
> "> >
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