(Drivebycuriosity) - Stanislav Lem belongs to the most underestimated science fiction authors. Most people may just know his novel "Solaris" from the film adaptions by Andrei Tarkovski (1972) & Steven Soderbergh (2002). But the Polish author wrote a lot more and blended science & logic into fascinating plots. My favorite is the novel "The Invincible", a thriller about technology, evolution and humans role in the universe ( driveby). I also enjoyed Lem`s Tales of Pirx the Pilot" ( driveby).
I just finished "The Star Diaries: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy. (From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy Book 1)
" ( amazon). The book is not really science fiction, rather a collection of aphorism and philosophical musings, partly written like fairy tales like Gulliver`s travels.
The more than 300 pages are filled with countless funny ideas, some are remotely based on physics and cosmology, others are bizarre word plays. Lem plays with the paradoxes of time travel, dives deep into religious controversies, explains evolution and much much more.
Reading this book set my head spinning.
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