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Stanisław Herman Lem (Polish: [staˈɲiswaf ˈlɛm] ⓘ; 12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer. He was the author of many novels, short stories, and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical and humorous character. Lem's books ...
Faithful Robot (Polish: Wierny robot) is a 1961 comedy/mystery/drama science fiction TV play by Polish writer Stanisław Lem. [1] Its first print was in 1963, in the short story collection Noc księżycowa. In this story turns a common science fiction trope upside down: rather than a human creates a perfect robot, a robot creates a perfect ...
The Man from Mars (1946) – short novel, originally published in a magazine serial form. In 2009 for the first time a long excerpt from Chapter 1 was translated into English by Peter Swirski and published, with permission of Lem's family, in the online literary magazine Words Without Borders.
The Invincible (Polish: Niezwyciężony) is a hard science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem, serialized in Gazeta Bialostocka in 1963 and published as a book in 1964. [ 1 ] The Invincible originally appeared as the title story in Lem's collection Niezwyciężony i inne opowiadania (" The Invincible and Other Stories").
Peace on Earth (Polish: Pokój na Ziemi [ˈpɔkuj na ˈʑɛmʲi]) is a 1985 science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem. The novel describes, in a satirical tone, the ultimate implications of the arms race. It is a continuation of the adventures of Ijon Tichy. [1]
Professor Tarantoga (from the 1986 animated film "From the Diaries of Ijon Tichy. A Voyage to Interopia") Professor Tarantoga (full name: Astral Sternu Tarantoga), an eccentric xenozoologist, traveller, and inventor, is a fictional character from science fiction works, mostly humorous, by Polish writer Stanislaw Lem.
Eden is a 1958 social science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem. It was first published in 1958 in issues 211-271 of the newspaper Trybuna Robotnicza. The first book edition was in 1959. It was first published in English in 1989 (ISBN 0-15-127580-7).
A Stanislaw Lem Reader [1] is a collection of writings by and about Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem, one of the world's most widely read science-fiction writers. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The book comprises an introduction by Canadian literary scholar Peter Swirski , two interviews by Swirski with Lem, and Swirski's translation of Lem's essay ...