THE TRUTH AND OTHER STORIES By Stanislaw Lem Translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones DIALOGUES By Stanislaw Lem Translated by Peter Butko One hundred years of the Polish writer Stanislaw Lem is more than ...
The “Solaris” author’s centenary is being celebrated from Poland to the International Space Station. The range of his work is similarly dizzying. By Roisin Kiberd In “The Eighth Voyage,” a short story ...
On Stapledon's "Last and First Men" ("Les derniers et les premiers" de Stapledon) On Stapledon's "Last and First Men" ("Les derniers et les premiers" de Stapledon) (pp. 272-291) Stanislaw Lem and ...
The Polish Parliament has declared 2021 the “Stanisław Lem Year.” Its slogan, “I’ve seen the future,” might aptly apply to many science-fiction writers. But the visions of Stanisław Lem (1921-2006) ...
The science-fiction writer and futurist Stanisław Lem was well acquainted with the way that fictional worlds can sometimes encroach upon reality. In his autobiographical essay “Chance and Order,” ...
Fourteen years after his death, the universe is still struggling to catch up with the vast creative force that was Stanisław Lem. And for my money, it won’t be surpassing him anytime soon. Granted, ...
“We are going to speak of the future,” the Polish writer Stanisław Lem wrote, in “Summa Technologiae,” from 1964, a series of essays, mostly on humanity and the evolution of technology. “Yet isn’t ...