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Sci Fi Focus   >   Encyclopedia   >   Stanislaw Lem
Stanislaw Lem (1921-2006) was a Polish author who wrote science fiction, philosophical and satirical works. His works have been translated into 41 languages (including English) and sold over 27 million copies, making him Poland's most successful author.

Stanislaw Lem's novel *SOLARIS* inspired the films of the same name.


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Tales of Pirx the Pilot

By Stanislaw Lem

Harvest Books
Paperback (216 pages)

Tales of Pirx the Pilot
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In Pilot Pirx, Lem has created an irresistibly likable character: an astronaut who gives the impression of still navigating by the seat of his pants-a bumbler but an inspired one. By investing Pirx with a range of human foibles, Lem offers a wonderful vision of the audacity, childlike curiosity, and intuition that can give humans the courage to confront outer space. Translated by Louis Iribarne. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy

By Stanislaw Lem

Mariner Books
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The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy
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  • ISBN13: 9780156340403
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Bringing his twin gifts of scientific speculation and scathing satire to bear on that hapless planet, Earth, Lem sends his unlucky cosmonaut, Ijon Tichy, to the Eighth Futurological Congress. Caught up in local revolution, Tichy is shot and so critically wounded that he is flashfrozen to await a future cure. Translated by Michael Kandel.

Solaris

By Stanislaw Lem

Mariner Books
Paperback (204 pages)

Solaris
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  • ISBN13: 9780156027601
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Who's testing whom? When Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface, he is forced to confront a painful, hitherto unconscious memory embodied in the living physical likeness of a long-dead lover. Others examining the planet, Kelvin learns, are plagued with their own repressed and newly corporeal memories. Scientists speculate that the Solaris ocean may be a massive brain that creates these incarnate memories, its purpose in doing so unknown.
The first of Lem's novels to be published in America and now considered a classic, SOLARIS raises a question: Can we truly understand the universe around us without first understanding what lies within?

The Cyberiad

By Stanislaw Lem

Mariner Books
Paperback (312 pages)

The Cyberiad
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  • ISBN13: 9780156027595
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Trurl and Klaupacius are constructor robots who try to out-invent each other. They travel to the far corners of the cosmos to take on freelance problem-solving jobs, with dire consequences for their employers. “The most completely successful of his books... here Lem comes closest to inventing a real universe” (Boston Globe). Illustrations by Daniel Mr—z. Translated by Michael Kandel.

Star Diaries: Further Reminiscences Of Ijon Tichy

By Stanislaw Lem

Mariner Books
Paperback (286 pages)

Star Diaries: Further Reminiscences Of Ijon Tichy
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Ijon Tichy, Lem's Candide of the Cosmos, encounters bizarre civilizations and creatures in space that serve to satirize science, the rational mind, theology, and other icons of human pride. Line drawings by the Author. Translated by Michael Kandel. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

His Master's Voice

By Stanislaw Lem

Northwestern University Press
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His Master s Voice
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  • ISBN13: 9780810117310
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A witty and inventive satire of "men of science" and their thinking, as a team of scientists races to decode a mysterious message from space. "I had the feeling that I was standing at the cradle of a new mythology. A last will and testament...we as the posthumous heirs of Them..."A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Fiasco

By Stanislaw Lem

Mariner Books
Paperback (336 pages)

Fiasco
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The planet Quinta is pocked by ugly mounds and covered by a spiderweb-like network. It is a kingdom of phantoms and of a beauty afflicted by madness. In stark contrast, the crew of the spaceship Hermes represents a knowledge-seeking Earth. As they approach Quinta, a dark poetry takes over and leads them into a nightmare of misunderstanding. Translated by Michael Kandel. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Memoirs Found in a Bathtub

By Stanislaw Lem & Adele Kandel

Mariner Books
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Memoirs Found in a Bathtub
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The year is 3149, and a vast paper destroying blight-papyralysis-has obliterated much of the planet's written history. However, these rare memoirs, preserved for centuries in a volcanic rock, record the strange life of a man trapped in a hermetically sealed underground community. Translated by Michael Kandel and Christine Rose.

Mortal Engines

By Stanislaw Lem

Mariner Books
Paperback (239 pages)

Mortal Engines
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  • ISBN13: 9780156621618
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These fourteen science fiction stories reveal Lem’s fascination with artificial intelligence and demonstrate just how surprisingly human sentient machines can be. “Astonishing is not too strong a word for these tales” (Wall Street Journal). Translated and with an Introduction by Michael Kandel.

A Stanislaw Lem Reader (Rethinking Theory)

By Peter Swirski

Northwestern University Press
Paperback (131 pages)

A Stanislaw Lem Reader (Rethinking Theory)
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A series of interviews and critical dialogues with the late Stanislaw Lem whose writings have been translated into over 40 languages and have sold over 35 million copies. For those who only know him as a novelist, A Stanislaw Lem Reader is an excellent introduction to Lem's philosophy, scientific speculation, literary criticism, and social theory, while remaining perfectly accessible to readers unfamiliar with any of his works.

 
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