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Stanisław Lem (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)
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Stanisław Lem may well be the best-known Continental European science-fiction writer. He wrote teleplays (produced in his native country), but his short stories and particularly his many novels have brought him an even wider circulation. In whatever form, he concentrated on speculative fictions in which he frequently described the future of society, combining philosophical argument with imaginative technological fantasies. He also published book-length studies and collections of essays on technology, general literature, and science fiction. A valuable...
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