Lem's A History of Bitic Literature goes viral: a book made entirely of intros to nonexistent books
voooooogel · x · 2026-09-21
A viral recommendation resurfaces Stanislaw Lem's A History of Bitic Literature: the whole book consists of introductions to nonexistent books, and the introduction itself is a preface to a series of them—prompting awe at "how did Lem do it." The poster recommends Lem's other works and says they're working through the Lem corpus. It's circulating in AI circles because Lem seems to have anticipated machine-generated literature decades early.
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