Friday, September 12, 2008

Happy Birthday, Stanislaw

Stanislaw Lem
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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At 10:31 PM, September 12, 2008 Blogger democommie had this to say...

Oh, good. Then it wasn't Orson Scott Card. When's E.M. Kornbluth Day?

 
At 10:08 AM, September 13, 2008 Blogger The Ridger, FCD had this to say...

Kornbluth was born in July and I missed him this year. I'm sorry about that, too.

 

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