The wonderful Polish Science Fiction writer Stanislaw Lem has died. Great writer, whose works include:

  • 1961 Pamietnik znaleziony w wannie (Memoirs Found in a Bathtub); Powrot z gwiazd (Return from the Stars); Solaris (Solaris)
  • 1964 Niezwyciezony (The Invincible); Summa Technologiae
  • 1965 Cyberiada (The Cyberiad)
  • 1966 Wysoki Zamek (Highcastle)
  • 1968 Opowiesci o pilocie Pirxie (Tales of Pirx the Pilot); Glos Pana (His Master’s Voice)

No, other than the setting, the movie “Solaris” (even though “based on the novel”) is nothing like Lem’s book. The book is so much better!