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  • Science Fiction and Communist Reality

    11/20/2015 10:47:55 AM PST · by Twotone · 3 replies
    Foundation for Economic Freedom ^ | Nov. 20, 2015 | Lawrence W. Reed
    Polish science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem (1921-2006) "skillfully dissected the 20th century's foolhardy efforts to create utopias by stifling individuality and economic freedoms." So said cultural critic Bruce Edward Walker. Lem was best known internationally as author of the classic Solaris - twice adapted for the silver screen - but the majority of his fiction featured damning allegories against the suppression of the human spirit.
  • Vanity - Stanislaw Lem Science Fiction fan?

    02/05/2013 9:49:12 AM PST · by Perdogg · 18 replies
    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?
  • Author of 'Solaris' Dies at 84

    03/27/2006 7:59:20 AM PST · by Borges · 43 replies · 1,132+ views
    WARSAW, Poland -- Stanislaw Lem, a popular science fiction writer whose novel "Solaris" was filmed twice, died Monday in his native Poland, his secretary said. He was 84. Lem died in Krakow, Wojciech Zemek told The Associated Press. Zemek did not give other details or the cause of death, citing only Lem's advanced age. Lem was one of the most popular science fiction authors of recent decades to write in a language other than English, and his works were translated from Polish into more than 40 other languages. His books have sold 27 million copies. His best-known work, "Solaris," was...