RIP Stanislaw Lem - author of "Solaris"

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-03-27-lem-obit_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA

Science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem dies at 84

WARSAW (AP) — Stanislaw Lem, a popular science fiction writer whose novel Solaris was filmed twice, died Monday in his native Poland, his secretary said. He was 84.

Lem died in Krakow, Wojciech Zemek told The Associated Press. Zemek did not give other details or the cause of death, citing only Lem's advanced age.

Lem was one of the most popular science fiction authors of recent decades to write in a language other than English, and his works were translated from Polish into more than 40 other languages. His books have sold 27 million copies.

His best-known work, Solaris, was adapted into films by Andrei Tarkovsky in 1972 and by Steven Soderbergh in 2002. The latter starred George Clooney and Natascha McElhone. (...)

[Kerrytravelers]

1. You can't mention a Clooney film without a Clooney pic.

Sigh...

... yummy.

[Dem2theMax]

12. Every woman in the world should have one of those -

A George Clooney of their very own.

I hearby suggest that he be the first person cloned. And since it was my idea, I get the clone.

[Call Me Wesley]

2. Safe passage, Stanislaw Lem.

Might your suffering have come to an end.

[bridgit]

3. Lem is one of my fav authors of all time...

:cry:

[Call Me Wesley]

5. My copy of the 'new' Solaris should be here this week ...

Did you get a chance to watch the Tarkosvky movie yet?

[bridgit]

8. it's on our queue...

:thumbsup:

[TheBaldyMan]

4. one of the very few Sci-Fi writers who wrote literature.

I've read wuite a few of his books and he was one of my favourite authors.

RIP

[Book Lover]

6. Well, well

84 ain't a bad run, but still his time was too short. Many thanks for all the words.

[eppur_se_muova]

7. Very sad to read this. Lem was unique.

For really outlandish humor in SF, try reading his "Tales from the Cyberiad" (fable-like stories featuring an all-robot cast) or "The Futurological Congress". Of course all the humor has a serious point under it somewhere.

Now, I have to go back and re-read the one about the poetry-writing machine.

[Lisa]

9. and another kick for "Tales of Pirx the Pilot"

Let's hope there aren't any flies in the capsule when Lem is trying to achieve orbit!

[Withywindle]

10. RIP, he was great...

First Octavia Butler, now this...:cry:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

11. His works were unique

I still remember the first time I read one of his novels. It left me with a hunger for more.