The Truth, by Stanisław Lem (1964)
Fair warning, this story is about 9,000 words. But it&#x27;s so rich and weird and dazzling. It&#x27;s among my favorite Lem stories — although i admit i hadn&#x27;t read anything of his until we (MIT Press, where i work) started reissuing his books last year, so i&#x27;m by no means an expert on him. Anyway, there was a lot of interest in an excerpt from Lem&#x27;s memoir I submitted here a few months ago (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=25533405" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=25533405</a>), so thought i&#x27;d share this as well.