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This is actually Stanislaw Lem's theory - he said that if all science fiction elements can be taken out of a book and the book still makes sense, it's not actually science fiction.
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Google doodle marking 60th anniversary of Stanislaw Lem's first book publication.
Google doodle marks 60th anniversary of Stanislaw Lem's first book 2011
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Stanisław Lem's novels were a hard nut to crack for anglophone readers before Michael Kandel's translations.
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Forgot to mention - in Polish fandom this is commonly referred to as "Lem's razor".
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Lem's existentialist portrayal of "the other" -- and of humanity -- serves as excellent commentary on what is important to us and our identity.
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Two of my favorite aliens span the gamut: Spock in Star Trek and the "self-aware" planet Solaris of the Stanislaw Lem's Solaris.
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"I'm dubious that Stanislaw Lem's translators always did the best possible job of translating him into English."
MIND MELD: What Can Worldcon and Comic-Con Learn From Each Other? 2009
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Some of Lem's translations into English are pretty bad, like that of Solaris, which was translated from the French translation.
MIND MELD: What Can Worldcon and Comic-Con Learn From Each Other? 2009
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I'm dubious that Stanislaw Lem's translators always did the best possible job of translating him into English.
MIND MELD: What Can Worldcon and Comic-Con Learn From Each Other? 2009
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Another favorite robot of mine is Trurl from Lem's Cyberiad.
MIND MELD: What Are The Coolest Robots in Science Fiction? 2010
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