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Stanisław Herman Lem ( Polish: [staˈɲiswaf ˈlɛm] ⓘ; 12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer of science fiction and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical and humorous character.
- Polish
- 27 March 2006 (aged 84), Kraków, Poland
- Writer
The Invincible (Polish: Niezwyciężony) is a hard science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem, serialized in Gazeta Bialostocka in 1963 and published as a book in 1964. [1] The Invincible originally appeared as the title story in Lem's collection Niezwyciężony i inne opowiadania (" The Invincible and Other Stories").
- 316 pp (first edition, paperback)
- Stanisław Lem
- 1964
- Hard Science Fiction
Stanisław Lem (1921-2006) one of the greatest contemporary writers—„a virtuoso storyteller” according to the „New York Times”, whose books „convey the sense of a mind hovering above the boundaries of the human condition.” While most of his works bear the broad „science fiction” label he was a master of a number of genres and ...
Edited by Ra Page. A collection of three translated short works by Lem ( The Lilo; Darkness and Mildew; The Invasion from Aldebaran) and works by other authors but inspired by Lem. (2011). The Truth and Other Stories (2022) – short stories collection, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones.
Apr 25, 2024 · Stanisław Lem (born September 12, 1921, Lwów, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]—died March 27, 2006, Kraków, Poland) was a Polish author of science fiction that veers between humanism and despair about human limitations. His books have been translated into more than 35 languages.
- William L. Hosch
Jan 10, 2022 · In “ His Master’s Voice ,” a 1968 sci-fi novel by the Polish writer Stanisław Lem, a team of scientists and scholars convened by the American government try to decipher a neutrino signal from...
Eden is a 1958 social science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem. It was first published in 1958 in issues 211-271 of the newspaper Trybuna Robotnicza . The first book edition was in 1959.
