Why Stanislaw Lem’s futurism deserves attention (2015)
Lem has got to be one of the most profound writers in all science fiction--dare I say in all of literature? He's up there with writers like Wells and Asimov.<p>Solaris is deservedly his most famous book, but he has many other books worthy of attention. His Master's Voice is a novel in the vein of the Carl Sagan's Contact, but with far more complex philosophical and scientific underpinnings than Sagan's work. Eden and Fiasco are both great as well, even if they fall short of Solaris.<p>His comedic books never appealed to me quite as much, although there are parts of The Cyberiad with some interesting ideas.<p>I'm interested in his Summa Technologiae--last time I checked it didn't have an English translation. Has anyone here read it?