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Stanisław Lem
Lwów, lwowskie, Polska (obecnie Ukraina)
Stanisław Lem (September 12, 1921 – March 27, 2006) was a Polish writer of science fiction, philosophy and satire. He was named a Knight of the Order of the White Eagle. His books…
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Stanisław Lem (September 12, 1921 – March 27, 2006) was a Polish writer of science fiction, philosophy and satire. He was named a Knight of the Order of the White Eagle. His books have been translated into 41 languages and have sold over 27 million copies. He is perhaps best known as the author of the 1961 novel Solaris, which has been made into a feature film three times. In 1976, Theodore Sturgeon claimed that Lem was the most widely read science-fiction writer in the world. His works explore philosophical themes; speculation on technology, the nature of intelligence, the impossibility of mutual communication and understanding, despair about human limitations and humankind's place in the universe. They are sometimes presented as fiction, but others are in the form of essays or philosophical books. Translations of his works are difficult due to passages with elaborate word formation, alien or robotic poetry, and puns. Multiple translated versions of his works exist.
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2023
Cosmogonic
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2021
Room
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2019
Solaris
Movie Novel
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2018
His Master's Voice
Movie Novel
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2017
Una investigación interrumpida de R
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2016
Stanisław Lem: Autor Solaris
Movie Self - Writer (archive footage)
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2016
The Advisors of King Hydrops
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2013
The Congress
Movie Novel
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2012
Golem
Movie Writer
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2010
Maska
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2009
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Movie Author
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2008
Return
Movie Novel
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2007
Ijon Tichy: Raumpilot
TV show Writer
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2007
Solaris
Movie Writer
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2007
Revisiting Solaris
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2003
Poles Poles
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2002
Solaris
Movie Novel
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1998
Bartoszewski
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1990
Stanislaw Lem: Science and Fiction
Movie Self
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1989
Return from the Stars
TV show Writer
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1989
Layer Cake
Movie Author
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1985
From the Diaries of Ijon Tichy: A Voyage to Interopia
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1979
Pilot Pirx's Inquest
Movie Novel
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1979
Professor Tarantoga und sein seltsamer Gast
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1979
Hospital of the Transfiguration
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1977
The Faithful Robot
Movie Book
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1975
Trurl's Machine
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1974
The Investigation
Movie Novel
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1973
Lemmi and the Bookworms
TV show Story
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1973
Adventures of Captain Pirx
TV show Novel
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1972
Solaris
Movie Novel
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1968
Test
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1968
Profesor Zazul
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1968
Roly Poly
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1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV show Writer
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1965
Faithful Robot
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1965
The Friend
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1963
Ikarie XB 1
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1963
Existuje vlastně Mr. Johns?
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