A question about Condor's mission in The Invincible by Stanisław Lem
I just finish this book a while a go, and have some question regarding Condor, the ship The Invincible was sent to find. Specifically, why was it sent to Regis III in the first place? There's no resources to be had, nothing of interest to study, and the book gave the impression that humanity isn't exactly on the market for a new place to expand to. The whole mission just seem so... random.
Anyone here read Solaris by Stanisław Lem?
The parallels between the Solaris Ocean and the PBS are fascinating. Of course, Lem could not predict a resort on Solaris, as he hailed from a communist Poland, but I'm sure Anodyne corp would have been able to monetize the "visitors":
Travel to Scenic Solaris, have sex with a duplicate of your dead wife!
The Truth, by Stanisław Lem: Lem's 1964 story, published in English for the first time, tells the tale of a scientist in an insane asylum theorizing that the sun is alive.
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Stanisław Lem - Pianeta Eden
Ciao a tutti guyz, qualcuno che ha trovato in qualche modo questo libro in italiano? Potrebbe essere chiamato soltanto Eden.
Io sono riuscito a scovare soltanto una versione polacca ed una inglese
What is the best novel by Stanisław Lem?
Stanisław Lem -Investigation
Well I read Lem's "Investigation" and I must say that author never really went with classical story as other criminal literature. Investigation is psychological story about men in Scotland Yard facing a problem with disapearing bodies. Nobody knows why bodies start to move and behave as alive creatures. In a book there are several theories but conclusion is unclear.
Gregory - Yard's detective and policeman is not very bright but also not complete idiot. His most noticable flaw is the fact that as story unrawels itself he seeks more simple and down to earth unswer like "who toyed with the bodies", "who is guilty". The story never gives us a murderer or criminal. There is only bef between Gregory and Sciss (statistic mathematician) both of them don't like themselves very much. Gregory is convinced that Sciss is guilty and Sciss i baffled by his conviction.
Book never says this out front but it is implied that Sciss presumably has a cancer and that's why he
draws pararels in his statistic investigation that bodies disapearing from morgues as a natural phenomenon are similar as people getting cancer.
Since I'm from Poland I know LEM from "Robot Tales" mainly. But recently started to read his works and I must say those stories are neat. So I ask you this: Did you read "Investigation"? What do you think about it? What is your view?
"Silence of the Universe" is a interactive sci-fi story inspired by Stanisław Lem
"Silence of the Universe" is a interactive sci-fi story inspired by Stanisław Lem
Looking for some black humour/absurd science fiction/social satire like The Futurological Congress by Stanisław Lem, thanks!
'Bajki Robotów' by Stanisław Lem. Cover art by Waldemar Andrejewski, c. 1983
"Silence of the Universe" is a interactive sci-fi story inspired by Stanisław Lem
"Silence of the Universe" is an interactive sci-fi story inspired by Stanisław Lem
It’s the year of the 100th birth anniversary of Stanisław Lem, let’s celebrate by coming back to Solaris, The Cyberiad, The Invincible, and the other masterpieces of the father of Sci-Fi. As an expression of our respect, we have allowed ourselves to fit Mr. Stanisław in Yupitergrad artwork.
"Silence of the Universe" is an interactive sci-fi story inspired by Stanisław Lem
In special illustrated edition of "Fables for Robots" by Stanisław Lem pages are numbered in binary.
It’s the year of the 100th birth anniversary of Stanisław Lem, let’s celebrate by coming back to Solaris, The Cyberiad, The Invincible, and the other masterpieces of the father of Sci-Fi. As an expression of our respect, we have allowed ourselves to fit Mr. Stanisław in Yupitergrad artwork.
It’s the year of the 100th birth anniversary of Stanisław Lem, let’s celebrate by coming back to Solaris, The Cyberiad, The Invincible, and the other masterpieces of the father of Sci-Fi. As an expression of our respect, we have allowed ourselves to fit Mr. Stanisław in Yupitergrad artwork.
Former Futurologist - Inspired by Polish Book "The Futurological Congress" by Stanisław Lem.
In 'Through Time and Space' mission, Geralt visits the Ddiddiweath Desert. He is told that it is an ancient world that once was inhabited by an inteligent form of life resembling a sea. It is a reference to very popular science fiction book 'Solaris' written by Polish writer Stanisław Lem.
June Read - Solaris by Stanisław Lem
Nominations
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/95558.Solaris
> When Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface, he finds a painful, hitherto unconscious memory embodied in the living physical likeness of a long-dead lover. Others examining the planet, Kelvin learns, are plagued with their own repressed and newly corporeal memories. The Solaris ocean may be a massive brain that creates these incarnate memories, though its purpose in doing so is unknown, forcing the scientists to shift the focus of their quest and wonder if they can truly understand the universe without first understanding what lies within their hearts.
This is a spoiler-free thread.
The spoiler thread will be posted on the 15th (spoilers for the entire book).
Solaris (1961) by Stanisław Lem
It’s the year of the 100th birth anniversary of Stanisław Lem, let’s celebrate by coming back to Solaris, The Cyberiad, The Invincible, and the other masterpieces of the father of Sci-Fi. As an expression of our respect, we have allowed ourselves to fit Mr. Stanisław in Yupitergrad artwork.
Is Michael Albert's "participatory economics" based off of Stanisław Lem's The Star Diaries?
Reading The Thirteenth Voyage right now and I can't shake off my head that it's true.
Bonus meme:
>The Star Diaries published in English in 1976
>The concept of the balanced job complex was developed and put into practice at South End Press in the late 1970s.
It’s the year of the 100th birth anniversary of Stanisław Lem, let’s celebrate by coming back to Solaris, The Cyberiad, The Invincible, and the other masterpieces of the father of Sci-Fi. As an expression of our respect, we have allowed ourselves to fit Mr. Stanisław in Yupitergrad artwork.
It’s the year of the 100th birth anniversary of Stanisław Lem, let’s celebrate by coming back to Solaris, The Cyberiad, The Invincible, and the other masterpieces of the father of Sci-Fi. As an expression of our respect, we have allowed ourselves to fit Mr. Stanisław in Yupitergrad artwork.
‘Solaris’ by Stanisław Lem, 1961. Cover art by Paul Lehr, 1971 Berkley ed.
It’s the year of the 100th birth anniversary of Stanisław Lem, let’s celebrate by coming back to Solaris, The Cyberiad, The Invincible, and the other masterpieces of the father of Sci-Fi. As an expression of our respect, we have allowed ourselves to fit Mr. Stanisław in Yupitergrad artwork.
Is Stanisław Lem in the school program?
Hi! I was wondering whether Stanisław Lem is studied in schools in Poland. If yes, have you enjoyed his books as a kid?
Philip K. Dick sent letters to FBI, as he thought that his fellow science fiction writer Stanisław Lem was not a real person, but a name for a communist committee whose goal was to "gain monopoly positions of power from which they can control opinion through criticism and pedagogic essays".
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