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Stanisław Herman Lem ( Polish: [staˈɲiswaf ˈlɛm] ⓘ; 12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer of novels, short stories and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical and humorous character. Lem's books have been translated into ...
His latest additions to the topic, which conclusively sealed his status as a world-wide leading expert on Lem, include From Literature to Biterature: Lem, Turing, Darwin, and Explorations in Computer Literature, Philosophy of Mind, and Cultural Evolution (McGill-Queen UP 2013), Lemography; Stanislaw Lem in the Eyes of the World (co-edited by Waclaw M. Osadnik, a noted expert in Polish Studies ...
The Unknown Lem. Peter Swirski and Wac³aw M. Osadnik, eds. Lemography: Stanis³aw Lem in the Eyes of the World. Liverpool: Liverpool UP, 2014. vi + 207 pp. $110 hc. Peter Swirski. Stanis³aw Lem: Philosopher of the Future. Liverpool: Liverpool UP, 2015. 224 pp. $120 hc. Since Stanis³aw Lem’s death in 2006, the Polish author has continued to
Nov 4, 2014 · In his latest masterpiece, Peter Swirski explores three core issues: computer written literature, machine thinking, and cultural evolution. Inspired by the writings of Stanislaw Lem, Alan Turing, and Charles Darwin—which roughly corresponds to the tripartite division of the book—and taking into consideration the latest developments in computer sciences and robotics, his main claim is that ...
Swirski, Peter (ed.), 'Selected ... 1972–1987', Stanislaw Lem: Selected Letters to Michael Kandel ... 9 I put more people from real life into that novel because I ...
Feb 23, 2016 · Abstract. Stanislaw Lem, Philosopher of the Future is a revealing and instructive guide to the philosophical fiction of Stanislaw Lem. Throughout the book, Swirski builds a framework of philosophical and scientific concepts within which Lem’s works should be read, in particular its most significant aspect: Lem’s unyielding concern for knowledge supported by his conviction that literature ...
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That was the case with the publication in 1985 of Richard Ziegfeld's monograph, Stanislaw Lem--the first English volume of interpretation and criticism of the great Bio-Prophet, which received attention in a review aptly entitled "How Not to Write a Book on Lem" (SFS #40, Nov 1986). The comparison between that first study and Madison Davis's 1990 Starmont monograph is unavoidable.
