translated by Michael Kandel original publication: Seabury Press, 1977 my edition: Mariner Books, 1992 239 pages Reading Stanislaw Lem Brought together into one volume by translator Michael Kandel, these “robot fables” are not really stories so much as cautionary allegories or references to fairy tales, only now the main characters aren’t princesses and ogres but
translated by Christine Rose originally published in Poland: 1961 my edition: Seabury Press, 1973 188 pages Reading Stanislaw Lem In all of this, whether trusting and believing, if only for a moment, in the Mission and my instructions, or having my hopes dashed, even the hope of my own destruction–in all of this, I had
On Culture.pl.: “Stanislaw Lem: Did the Holocaust Shape His Sci-Fi World?” by Mikołaj Gliński
translated by Barbara Marszal and Frank Simpson originally published in Poland: 1961 my edition: Harcourt (June 1, 1989) 256 pages grab a copy Reading Stanislaw Lem “It was a hundred and twenty-seven years ago. I was thirty then. The expedition…I was a pilot on the expedition to Fomalhaut. That’s twenty-three light years away. We flew
translated from the Polish by Marc E. Heine originally published in Poland: 1959 my edition: Harcourt (September 1, 1989) 262 pages Reading Stanislaw Lem ** spoilers Reading Eden right after The Star Diaries gave me a kind of literary whiplash: while the former is an irreverent, darkly-comic joyride around the universe; the latter is a
translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel originally published in Poland: 1957; expanded 1971 my edition: Harcourt (June 26, 1985) 286 pages Reading Stanislaw Lem As you know, I’ve set myself the very enjoyable task of reading all of Stanislaw Lem’s speculative fiction that’s available in English. And since I love doing things chronologically, I’ve
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