who the flegg is Stanislav Lem?

[erastes]

Sounds like some sort of bandit, like Texas Pete, or Medium Dave

I am: Stanislav Lem This pessimistic Pole has spent a whole career telling ironic stories of futility and frustration. Yet he is also a master of wordplay so witty that it sparkles even when translated into English.

Which science fiction writer are you?

Comments

*g*

[vashtan.livejournal.com]

He's a good one, though.

I think I registered as Heinlein. :)

Re: *g*

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Wah! I wanted Heinlein!

[rwday.livejournal.com]

I got Ursula K. Le Guin, which made me happy!

[erastes.livejournal.com]

*grumps*

Much better than Billabong Bill, or whoever he is!

Actually ...

[vashtan.livejournal.com]

... Lem is far more philosophical, witty, and "literary" than Heinlein. :)

Check the Wiki on him. He was damn good...

[rheakurokawa.livejournal.com]

He wrote Solaris (of which two movies have been made, the more recent and critically less acclaimed one starring George Clooney), amongst other things.

[nagasvoice.livejournal.com]

Wasn't he also the one who invented teh word robot in the first place?
He is one of the titans of the field, and IMHO, far better than Heinlein.

[cleverthylacine]

The word "robot" was invented by Karel Capek.

[cleverthylacine]

I always get Philip K. Dick, though I don't actually think I write much like him.