About the book: 2010 / One of the most witty, subtle and ironic works of Stanislaw Lem, in which his talents as a writer, philosopher and literary critic were equally demonstrated. A collection of impeccably crafted reviews of fictional works by prose writers who never existed - reviews in which an attentive reader is able to discern hints not only of very real literary trends of the second half of the 20th century, but also of completely recognizable authors. The "noir" novel and modernist prose... "Stream of consciousness" and elitist SF... Dystopia and nonconformist literature... In Lem's game book we learn a lot of new and unexpected things about them.