The science-fiction writer and futurist Stanisław Lem was well acquainted with the way that fictional worlds can sometimes encroach upon reality. In his autobiographical essay “Chance and Order ...

For the reader who is willing to plunge into a novel with no constraints on how far he will let his imagination carry him, there is nothing quite so satisfying as a well-conceived work of science f… ...

Fourteen years after his death, the universe is still struggling to catch up with the vast creative force that was Stanisław Lem. And for my money, it won’t be surpassing him anytime soon ...

Stanislaw Lem, the Polish science-fiction writer who died March 27 at age 84, was a novelist who thrived on paradox. He was a critic of capitalism who said he stopped writing to devote his full ...

The Polish Parliament has declared 2021 the “Stanisław Lem Year.” Its slogan, “I’ve seen the future,” might aptly apply to many science-fiction writers. But the visions of Stanisław ...

Stanislaw Lim, Author, Stanislaw Lem, Author, Marc E. Heine, Translator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $19.95 (262p) ISBN 978-0-15-127580-9 Lem's latest novel takes a stylistic departure from his ...

Nafta Films, led by Esko Rips, and Film and Music Entertainment, headed by Sam Taylor, have teamed to adapt Stanislaw Lem’s novella “The Inquest of Pilot Pirx.” Previous films based on Lem ...