A Stanislaw Lem Reader

Polish-born Lem is one of the best-selling unknown writers of science fiction in the US. This collection assembles in-depth and insightful writings by and about, as well as interviews with, Lem. Two interviews are separated by Lem's own 1991 essay in which he surveys in detail 30 years of his earlier work, much of which has never been translated into English. Readers interested in Lem's provocative and uncompromising view of literature's role in the contemporary cultural environment, and in Lem's opinions about his own fiction, about the relation of literature to science and technology, and the dead ends of contemporary culture, will be fascinated by this eclectic collection.

PETER SWIRSKI is a Canadian scholar and literary critic. He is the author of fifteen books, including the prize-winning Ars Americana, Ars Politica and From Lowbrow to Nobrow. His other well-known studies include the digital-futurological bestseller From Literature to Biterature. He is recognized as the foremost scholar on the late writer and philosopher Stanisław Lem.