Stanislaw Herman Lem was a Polish writer, the author of many novels, short stories and essays on subjects including philosophy, futurology and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are satirical and humorous. Born in 1921 and dying in 2006. His books have been translated into more than fifty languages and have sold more than forty-five million copies, and worldwide he is best known as the author of the 1961 novel Solaris. He also wrote the philosophical work Summa Technologiae, in which he anticipated virtual reality and artificial intelligence.
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was the author of many novels, short stories, and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism
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12 September 1921
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27 March 2006) was a Polish writer. He was the author of many novels, short stories, and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical
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Hard science fiction, philosophy, satire, futurology
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Author: Stanisław Lem
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