Stanislaw Lem RIP

[Super Monkey]

Stanislaw Lem, a popular science fiction writer whose novel "Solaris" was filmed twice, died Monday in his native Poland, his secretary said. He was 84.

His first important novel, "Hospital of the Transfiguration," was censored by communist authorities for eight years before its release in 1956 amid a thaw following the death of Josef Stalin.

Lem's other works include "The Invincible," "The Cyberiad," "His Master's Voice," "The Star Diaries," "The Futurological Congress" and "Tales of Prix the Pilot."

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[Klar Ken T5477]

We Rocketmen of Krypton salute our fallen comrade.

[TELLE]

I had no idea he was still alive!

Rest in Peace.  I read Notes Found in a Bathtub last year, thinking that I was reading something by a long-gone writer!

[celacanto]

Yeah a shame, my Polish friends told me about his death this monday.

Anyone read the Ijon Tychy Stories?. they are really funny.