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- ↑ Lem, Stanislaw (1 February 2000). Memoirs of a Space Traveler: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy. Northwestern University Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-8101-1732-7 . Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ↑ Swirski, Peter (27 July 2006). The Art and Science of Stanislaw Lem. McGill-Queen's Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-7735-7507-3 . Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ↑ Stratmann, H. G. (2015). Using Medicine in Science Fiction: The SF Writer's Guide to Human Biology. Springer. p. 493. ISBN 978-3-319-16015-3.
- ↑ Garner, Tom A. (2017). Echoes of Other Worlds: Sound in Virtual Reality: Past, Present and Future. Springer. p. 141. ISBN 978-3-319-65708-0.
- ↑ "An Interview With Greg Egan | Counting Backwards From Infinity". Eidolon Magazine. 15: 42–45. July 1994. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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