Last month I decided to reread my Lem collection. Started Solaris yesterday. (I’ve read it three or four times before.)

Memoirs Found in a Bathtub is one of my favorite books ever. It’s Lem’s sci-fi retelling of Kafka’s The Castle.

  • Deebster@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’ve never read any of his stuff. Clearly, you’d recommend them. Are they all standalone, and readable in any order?

    • davefischer@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      All standalone. Lem wrote in two styles: half of his books are serious & dense, the other half are lighthearted and a bit absurdist. (Arguably, Douglas Adams got the idea for the improbability drive from a Lem story.)

      I think “The Futurological Congress” is a really good starting point. Funny & absurd at times, a little more serious in other sections. If you’re looking for more straight “hard SF” then I’d recommend “The Invincible”.