Title: Stanislaw Lem
Cid - March 28, 2006 01:30 PM (GMT)
Regrettably I have to inform you the great writer Stalislaw Lem passed away yesterday 27 march 2006. But he will live on among us with his science fiction/philosophical works.
Lem isn’t as widely known to the broad public as other science fiction writers, partly due to the fact he lived in the Soviet Union, but his works are of great value. His early science fiction works were about the Proletarian Utopia being achieved around the year 2000 and later 3000, but he distanced him from these works. Soon he began to use science fiction as means to show resentment against totalitarian regimes. He criticized George Orwell's '1984', not so much regarding the political aspects, but claiming it to be of no relevance because stopping of technological advancement is not issue and thus being more in confirmity with singularity theorists. His greatest interests were the application of advanced physics and biology in man’s relationship with his environments.
Great novels/essays of him are 'One Human Minute' where the blurred reality of mankind is portrayed in 60 seconds, 'The Upside-Down Evolution' where in a world afraid of nuclear holocaust, there is a development of military micro bots (synsects) against which no conventional weapons exist, and 'The World As Cataclysm' in which Stanislaw explains human civilization as a product of catastrophes, which can overcome humanity itself for the start of a new dominant species. His most famous novel is ofcourse 'Solaris' which evolves an oceanic planet which appears to have a conscience and a psychologist meeting his passed away wife in a station orbiting this planet. It revolves around the theme of not finding the answers but rather about the choices the characters make. This novel has been filmed several times and most recently in 2002 starring George Clooney.
May his soul rest in peace
"A dream will always triumph over reality, once it is given the chance."
Lem isn’t as widely known to the broad public as other science fiction writers, partly due to the fact he lived in the Soviet Union, but his works are of great value. His early science fiction works were about the Proletarian Utopia being achieved around the year 2000 and later 3000, but he distanced him from these works. Soon he began to use science fiction as means to show resentment against totalitarian regimes. He criticized George Orwell's '1984', not so much regarding the political aspects, but claiming it to be of no relevance because stopping of technological advancement is not issue and thus being more in confirmity with singularity theorists. His greatest interests were the application of advanced physics and biology in man’s relationship with his environments.
Great novels/essays of him are 'One Human Minute' where the blurred reality of mankind is portrayed in 60 seconds, 'The Upside-Down Evolution' where in a world afraid of nuclear holocaust, there is a development of military micro bots (synsects) against which no conventional weapons exist, and 'The World As Cataclysm' in which Stanislaw explains human civilization as a product of catastrophes, which can overcome humanity itself for the start of a new dominant species. His most famous novel is ofcourse 'Solaris' which evolves an oceanic planet which appears to have a conscience and a psychologist meeting his passed away wife in a station orbiting this planet. It revolves around the theme of not finding the answers but rather about the choices the characters make. This novel has been filmed several times and most recently in 2002 starring George Clooney.
May his soul rest in peace
"A dream will always triumph over reality, once it is given the chance."
123-t - March 28, 2006 01:51 PM (GMT)
A great mind.
May he rest in peace.
May he rest in peace.
beleg - March 28, 2006 02:10 PM (GMT)
Another great author passes away.. First Asimov now him.. I hope Arthur C. Clark lives a long life..
RIP :(
RIP :(
Saturn5 - March 29, 2006 09:15 AM (GMT)
Sorry to hear this. RIP.
Solaris is the only book I have read and I think the book was far more better than the both films.
Solaris is the only book I have read and I think the book was far more better than the both films.