Swirski Peter. From Literature to Biterature: Lem, Turing, Darwin, and Explorations in Computer Literature, Philosophy of Mind, and Cultural Evolution. – Montreal & Kingston; London; Ithaca: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013. – 235 pp. ISBN 978-0-7735-4295-2 (cloth).
Lem, Stanislaw, 8, 15, 17-20, 33, 35-6, 39, 53-4, 60, 64, 71-3, 76, 117, 139, 181, 216, 230
Contents:
P. 3-13: Lemmata: Narrative Intelligence; Test of Time; Avocados or Wombats; Institute for Advanced Studies; Builtware and Bitware; Paignton Zoo
Part One
P. 17-34: Biterature: Toscanelli's Map; Bloomsday; Titan; Manchester Mark; Manglers and Mashers; Suits for the Dawn Patrol; Charabia; Short of Raconteur; I Cave Myself an Electric Current; Abe's Saloon!; Humming (to Itself?)
P. 35-52: Computhors: Poetic License; Devotchka; Analytical Engine; EZ-Writer; Möbius-Like; JFK; One-Armed Bandit; Homeostat Sapiens; As It Sees Fit; Brainstorm; A1, B2, C3; Black Boxes
P. 53-70: Bibliosophy: La Chanson de Roland; The Matherboard pf All Problems; Little Endian; Algo Trading; Father Roberto Busa; Riverside Shakespeare; Death in Holbein; Zettabyte; A Hamlet Every Eight Seconds; A Pill That Makes Me Feel Loved
P. 71-88: Transhumana: Non Serviam; Collective Loss of Morale; Slippery Slope; Artificial Stupidity; Prometheus and Dolus; L'Homme Machine; DARPA; Nobel Prize in Biterature; Chatbots in Chatter
Part Two
P. 89-110: TT: Supercalifragilistic; Adroit Android; Imitation Game; Parry; Exit Human; Enter Machine; I, Object; I Always Avoid a Kangaroo; Reverse Turing Test; Ultimatest; Aramis
P. 111-129: QED: Troubles with Functionalism; Print This!; Trompe l'Oeil; Like the Pope; A Bevy of Pigeons; No More, No Less; Dicty; Operational Definition?; Flugblogs; On Being Mental
P. 130-148: ToM: Kismet; PaPeRo; Guilty as Charged; Eureka; Meaning; Elementary, Dear Wason; Biology in Action; Driving Range; Insula Cortex; On Being Redundant
P. 149-168: Y2K+: Methuselah; Yes!; An Amphibian with a Stick; Ellipses in This Picture; Software for the Soul; Parallel Paradigm; Erlang and Mira; DelFlies; Eruntics; Cogito Paradox
Part Three
P. 171-182: How to Make War and Assassinate People: Ice-Pick and Ricin; A Small African Country; Licence to Kill; Solsects, Sunsects, Synsects; Fires at the Sun; Candy; Anyone?; Bacteriology; Safe Investiment
P. 183-196: Biologic, or the Philosophy of Error: Axiomatic Givens; Nature's Greatest Error; Wandering Jew; Critique of Pure Reason; Manna from Heaven; What Is; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
P. 197-204: Mind Your Business: 100,000 Years; You're Flying Low; Mac; Neuromancer; See Further; The Making of a Fly
P. 205-207: Note
P. 209-223: Bibliography
P. 225-235: Index