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Vanity - Stanislaw Lem Science Fiction fan?

Posted on 02/05/2013 9:49:12 AM PST by Perdogg

Any Stanislaw Lem science fiction fans? I started Solaris last night and I was wondering if there were other fans and if any one could recommend any other of his works?


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: solaris; stanislawlem

1 posted on 02/05/2013 9:49:16 AM PST by Perdogg
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ping


2 posted on 02/05/2013 9:52:12 AM PST by Perdogg (Mark Levin - It's called the Bill of Rights not Bill of Needs)
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To: Perdogg

Yeah, there are a few other decent films based on his work.


3 posted on 02/05/2013 10:07:50 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Perdogg

Yeah. Huge fan. But I’m from Russia. He is Polish but was translated to Russian and was hugely popular back then. The book is incredible, the movies based on it are trash. Thanks for the thread. Made me wanna re-read it.


4 posted on 02/05/2013 10:14:18 AM PST by Mi-kha-el ((There is no Pravda in Izvestiya and no Izvestiya in Pravda.))
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To: Perdogg

Prolly not, he had nothing but contempt for American mainstream SF, except for Philip K. Dick, and one other author, I forget who, the American authors and publishers paid him back.


5 posted on 02/05/2013 10:17:22 AM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Perdogg

I highly recommend “The Futurological Congress” Stanislaw Lem 1971.


6 posted on 02/05/2013 10:21:03 AM PST by jjr153 (Never Forget 9/11)
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To: Perdogg

The movie was a bit better than the critics suggested but not blockbuster quality. I have no clue about his books.


7 posted on 02/05/2013 10:22:16 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Revolting cat!

Pandorum was a movie written by Travis Milloy and
Christian Alvart I liked a whole lot better than the critics apparently did. Just a very interesting premise with an interesting twist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandorum


8 posted on 02/05/2013 10:29:04 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Perdogg

I grew up in Eastern Europe. When I was a kid I and many of my friends used to read the works of Lem the way American kids read Harry Potter. Strongly recommend ‘Eden’, ‘Futurological Congress’, ‘Solaris’.


9 posted on 02/05/2013 10:54:14 AM PST by doomtrooper99 (Mr Truman, you did not finish the job)
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To: cripplecreek

Gotta disagree.

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Solaris and Pandorum were both snoozers with not enough kick at the end to justify the trip. Prometheus kinda struck the same way....kinda
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I will check put the Lem books however. If he liked PKD and presumably RAH, there might be something there....

“...but for the movie......nothing”

YMMV


10 posted on 02/05/2013 11:16:30 AM PST by petro45acp (No good endeavour survives an excess of adult supervision)
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To: Perdogg

I am a huge Lem fan and have read all his books. They are all good, but Solaris is the best. I also highly, highly recommend the movie - the Russian one, not the American re-make.
Just log onto Amazon or Alibris and order all his books.


11 posted on 02/05/2013 11:22:17 AM PST by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: Perdogg

I am a huge Lem fan and have read all his books. They are all good, but Solaris is the best. I also highly, highly recommend the movie - the Russian one, not the American re-make.
Just log onto Amazon or Alibris and order all his books.


12 posted on 02/05/2013 11:22:56 AM PST by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: Perdogg

The Cyberiad is one of my favorites.

I’ve bought it and read it at least three times, and always end up giving it away so someone else can enjoy it.

I may have to search for it again, now that you’ve gotten me thinking about it!


13 posted on 02/05/2013 11:24:30 AM PST by NonLinear (Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.)
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To: Perdogg

Sorry to go off topic, but while the thread is attracting people open to SF written by guys with goofy names, I’d like to throw in a plug for Cordwainer Smith. This guy was one of the most unique voices in the genre and he is just not read enough. You can try a story for free on Baen’s site:

http://www.baenebooks.com/chapters/1416521461/1416521461___5.htm


14 posted on 02/05/2013 11:33:11 AM PST by Eepsy
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To: Perdogg

It’s been years since I read “Fiasco” but I recommend it


15 posted on 02/05/2013 11:48:07 AM PST by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: Perdogg

I have read and enjoyed the following by Lem:

Solaris
Memoirs Found in a Bathtub
The Invincible
The Chain of Chance
The Investigation
The Cyberiad
Memoirs of a Space Traveller

Even his humor makes you think.

Yeah, I like Stanislaw Lem.


16 posted on 02/05/2013 11:53:16 AM PST by Kyrie (This space for rent.)
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To: Perdogg

I like his lighter story collections (The Star Diaries, The Cyberiad, Tales of Pirx the Pilot). Solaris bored me - always felt like something must have been lost in the translation.


17 posted on 02/05/2013 5:25:30 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: Perdogg

All I have is star diaries. The Solaris movies are pretty grinding and arty but good if you are in the mood for them. I like the star diaries.

The problem I have is the translation, it might be poetry in polish but it isn’t Jack Vance in english. Not Lem’s fault.

Obligatory weird sci-fi/fantasy author names: Alfred Elton van Vogt, Fritz Leiber, Lyon Sprague DeCamp.

Freegards


18 posted on 02/05/2013 7:40:53 PM PST by Ransomed
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Thank you all for the input!


19 posted on 02/06/2013 6:38:18 AM PST by Perdogg (Mark Levin - It's called the Bill of Rights not Bill of Needs)
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