Imaginary Magnitude

Overview:

  • Title: Imaginary Magnitude
  • Author: Stanislaw Lem
  • Year: 1984
  • ISBN-10: 0151441189
  • Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
  • Price: $15.95
  • Pages: vi+248
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: Imaginary Magnitude
  • Notes:
    • On copyright page:
      • "First edition" and printing line "A B C D E"
      • "Copyright (c) 1981 by Stanislaw Lem" and "English translation copyright (c) 1984 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich"
      • LCCN and ISBN
      • "In accordance with the author's wishes, this English-language edition of Imaginary Magnitude includes all the material that appeared in Wielkość urojona (Czytelnik, Warsaw, 1973) and also incorporates 'Lecture XLIII--About Itself' and 'Afterword,' which first appeared in Golem XIV (Wydawnictwo Literackie, Cracow, 1981)."
      • "The 'Proffertinc' portion of Verstrand's Extelopedia in 44 Magnectomes appeared originally in The New Yorker."
    • "A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book" on title page.
    • Published in July 1984 per Amazon.com. PV1 includes the publisher's "Review Copy" slip, which states "Publication Date: 7 September 1984".
    • $15.95 price on jacket front flap. "Jacket photo: THE IMAGE BANK West/Pete Turner" on back flap.