THE WORLD OF STANISLAW LEM
(born in Lwo'w, Poland. 1921- )
Science Fiction Novels
- 1946 MAN FROM MARS
- 1951 ASTRONAUTS
- 1955 THE MAGELLAN NEBULA
- 1959 EDEN
- 1961 RETURN FROM THE STARS(trans. in 1980)
- 1961 SOLARIS(trans. in 1970. Made into a film in 1971)
- 1964 THE INVINCIBLE(trans. in 1973)
- 1968 HIS MASTER'S VOICE(trans. in 1983)
- 1976 CHAIN OF CHANCE(trans. in 1978)
- 1982 THE SCENE OF THE CRIME
- 1986 FIASCO(trans. in 1987)
Science Fiction Short Stories And Short Story Collections
- 1954 SESAME
- 1957 STAR DIARIES(trans. in 2 parts. 1976 as Star Diaries and 1982 as Memoirs Of A Space Traveler:Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy)
- 1959 INVASION FROM ALDEBARAN
- 1961 THE BOOK OF ROBOTS
- 1963 LUNAR NIGHT
- 1964 FABLES FOR ROBOTS
- 1965 CYBERIAD(trans. in 1974)
- 1965 THE HUNT
- 1966 LET US SAVE THE UNIVERSE AND OTHER STORIES
- 1968 TALES OF PIRX THE PILOT(trans. in 2 parts. 1979 as Tales Of Pirx The Pilot and 1982 as More Tales Of Pirx The Pilot)
- 1969 STORIES
- 1971 FUTUROLOGICAL CONGRESS(trans. in 1974)
- 1971 A PERFECT VACUUM(trans. in 1978)
- 1973 IMAGINARY MAGNITUDE(trans. in 1984)
- 1973 SELECTED STORIES
- 1976 THE MASK
- 1976 SUPLEMENT
- 1977 MORTAL ENGINES(a US trans. of Fables For Robots, The Hunt, and The Mask)
- 1979 THE REPETITION
- 1981 GOLEM XIV
- 1981 THE COSMIC CARNIVAL OF STANISLAW LEM(a US trans. of stories)
- 1982 OFFICIAL HEARING ON THE SPOT
- 1986 ONE HUMAN MINUTE(a US trans. of stories)
Non-Science Fiction Works
- 1955 TIME NOT LOST
- 1959 THE INVESTIGATION(trans. in 1974)
- 1961 MEMOIRS FOUND IN A BATHTUB(trans. in 1973)
Other Works(non-fiction)
- 1957 CYBERNETIC DIALOGUES
- 1962 GETTING INTO ORBIT
- 1964 SUMMA TECHNOLOGIAE
- 1966 HIGH CASTLE(autobiography-trans. in 1995)
- 1968 PHILOSOPHY OF CHANCE
- 1970 SCIENCE FICTION AND FUTUROLOGY(trans. in 1985)
- 1975 ESSAYS AND SKETCHES
Nonfiction In Periodicals
- PROMETHEAN FIRE[interview] Soviet Literature 5(1968):166-70
- TEN COMMANDMENTS OF READING THE MAGAZINES Science Fiction Commentary, no. 6(1969), p. 26
- SEX IN SF Science Fiction Commentary, no. 3(1970), pp. 2-10, 40-49
- POLAND:SF IN THE LINGUISTIC TRAP Science Fiction Commentary, no. 9(1970), pp. 27-33
- ROBOTS IN SCIENCE FICTION Science Fiction:The Other Side Of Realism. Ed. Thomas Clareson. Bowling Green, Ohio:Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1971, pp. 307-25
- CULTURE AND FUTUROLOGY Polish Perspectives 16, 1(1973): 30-38
- ON THE STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF SCIENCE FICTION Science Fiction Studies 1, 1(1973): 26-33
- THE TIME TRAVEL STORY Science Fiction Studies 1, 3(Spring, 1974): 143-54
- PHILIP K. DICK: A VISIONARY AMONG THE CHARLATANS Science Fiction Studies 2, 1(1975): 54-67
- COSMOLOGY AND SCIENCE FICTION Science Fiction Studies 4(1977): 107-10
- PLANETARY CHAUVINISM: SPECULATION ON THE "OTHERS" Second Look 1, 10(1979): 5-9
- FROM BIG BANG TO HEAT DEATH Second Look 2, 2(1980): 38-39
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