Science Fiction writer Stanislaw Lem died today in Poland of natural causes at the age of 84.
Most famous for his novel entitled “Solaris,” (it was made into a motion picture twice), Lem wrote “The Invincible,” “The Star Diaries,” “The Futurological Congress,” “The Master’s Voice” and “The Cyberiad,” just to name a few.
Lem’s very first novel called “Hospital of the Transfiguration” was so feared by Joseph Stalin that he had it banned in the Soviet Union. It took 8-years for it to finally see the light of day in Russia, but by that time it was already an international best seller.
M. Douglas Wray says
The Cyberiad is one of the best novels ever written, IMHO.
The world has dimmed appreciably.
Burn brighter my friends! Burn Brighter!!
Godspeed Stan. You are not gone – you did not die.