Tuesday, April 4, 2006

Stanislaw Lem The Polish science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem died last Monday Solaris author Stanislaw Lem dies at 84 | Reuters.com, BBC article is a bit better BBC NEWS | Europe | Solaris author Stanislaw Lem dies. When I was younger (high school) I read all of his books that I could get a hold of. He was somewhat of a mysterious figure in those days. I was deeply impressed by his books, all of which I still regard highly today. Just from memory this would include: The Investigation, Memoirs Found in a Bathtub, The Cyberiad, The Futurological Congress, Star Diaries of Ijon Tichy, and of course Solaris. I have a poster for the tremendous original Russian movie film - Solaris (1972) of that novel (in a tube in my closet at the moment) It looks like this: I re-read Memiors found in a Bathtub during the period I worked in the Pentagon: I would recommend that if you get a chance. I always though the Investigators would make a good (and creepy) movie. Looking over the Wiki page for him Stanis?aw Lem - Wikipedia I see it has been film - The Investigation. I'll have to track that down. Lem did a lot of writing which was not science fiction. Some of which I knew about, but have never encountered. Rock(et) on Ijon Tichy, terveet kadat. 11:52:17 PM    comment [];trackback [];

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