Happy Birthday, Stanislaw
Today in Lviv - then in Poland though now in Ukraine - in 1921, Stanislaw Lem was born. After WWII he basically invented the genre of far-future science fiction, using it to explore philosophical themes in an often satirical fashion. In the west, his best known novel is probably Solaris, but His Master's Voice and Fiasco, along with the Cyberiad, are also well known.
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Oh, good. Then it wasn't Orson Scott Card. When's E.M. Kornbluth Day?
Kornbluth was born in July and I missed him this year. I'm sorry about that, too.
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