The Case for Stanislaw Lem, One of Science Fiction’s Unsung Giants

By reprinting six key works by the slowly fading Polish SF giant Stanislaw Lem, MIT Press hopes to revive his varied and considerable legacy

Brendan Byrne
OneZero
Published in
10 min readMay 8, 2020

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Stanislaw Lem, 1977. Photo: ullstein bild/Getty Images

Since his death in 2006, the work of Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem has slowly slid from view. While his…

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Brendan Byrne
OneZero

He who wields the imagination shall perish in the imagination. - Stanislaw Lem