Interviews

[NafMel]

Hi,

Two interviews with Stanislaw Lem:

In English
http://www.mosnews.com/interview/2004/04/06/lem.shtml

In Spanish
http://www.elcultural.es/HTML/20040408/LETRAS/LETRAS_ind.asp

[Terminus]

Now that's a piece of good interview, isn't it ? Too bad it's so short, however
I especially liked the part 'bout there being 'nothing' on Moon and Mars. That's just to true not to be seen.
Of course, I'm a dreamer, for I've not completely grown out of this, and therefore thoughts of Mars excite me greatly, but on the other hand - pretending that I don't see political meaning of this 'space crusade' is just too hard.

Anyway the interview  is great! [glb]Thanks[/glb] for finding it!

[Karel]

Last part of the interview:
"Now the Americans are going to make another of my books into a film. But I have not given my consent."
Do you know which one it could be? Niezwyciezony?

[Karel]

Here is fictitious review on Spielberg´s movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger. It is filmed book Powrot z gwiazd. Author was inspired by Doskonala Proznia-reviews on non-exist books. It´s very well written, I thought it is true till the end Unfortunatelly, it is in czech.

http://pes.internet.cz/scifi/clanky/31674_0_0_0.html

[Socrates]

Thanks for the interviews.  My spanish isn't as bad as I though.
Cheers, Translator

[Terminus]

God's sake, man, what other languages do you speak?

Finnish?

[Socrates]

it's not the number of languages one speaks that matters; its what's one says in them that does.  Alas, therein lies my hubris.
cheers, socrates

[Terminus]

Hehe, right. Anyway, I assume you speak Finnish as well

[Karel]

You should write which languages you can´t speak. It will be easier

[Terminus]

I think he's figured it out by now, but it must be hard for him to think of such language. Swahili, maybe?

[Socrates]

I am conversant in the following:  Polish, English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Unkrainian; I'm working on Portugese and Urdu.  Finnish sounds nice, though.  
Cheers, Socrates

[Terminus]

Knew You're not into Finnish !! (Urdu... heavenly Jesus...)

[Sternenfisch]

Socrates you said you speak German.
Welchen Eindruck erweckt sie dir?
It's interesting how they seem you in one line with other languages.
In which language you form your thoughts?

And another question, not easy to answer:
You think its possible to think logically without speech?

My respect for speaking so much languages

[Angelika_Darksky]

Welchen Eindruck erweckt sie dir?

You think its possible to think logically without speech?

1. What do you mean? Are you German? Was erweckt welchen Eindruck?

2. Thinking without words: I can! I often think in pictures or something quite hard to discribe... something like feelings. It last only some seconds like a lightning or such a thing. And often I think and feel "colours". Well, I just can't explain it and I don't expect anyone to understand me.  

[Terminus]

S
You think its possible to think logically without speech?

Of course; the thoughts that remain unverbalized are no worse than the others.