OT: Stanislav Lem

[oleg]

Today is a sad day for all fans of serious sci.-fi. On his 85 year, died Stanislav Lem, one of the greatest amd most inspiring authors. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[Will]

That is very sad http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif He is on my list of "authors to read", as long as I can find his work translated into a language I can read http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

But I do know he was one of the masters of sci-fi, and it's always sad to see one of the great ones go.

[Nomis]

It's very sad to me, too. Stanislaw Lem was the great person and writer.

One of the first.. maybe even the first S-F book I've ever read was his 'Tales of Pilot Pirx'... I was about twelve or thirteen years old. 'Tales...' are obligatory reading in secondary school in Poland, but it was true, really enjoying, obligatory reading.

Thanks him I started reading the others great S-F authors like Isaac Asimov, David Breen, Artur C. Clarke.

Later I've read few other his books and my favorite ones 'Solaris' and 'The Unvanquished'. Now I see that I haven't read all his books. Time to make up for this.

I'm the lucky one... I don't need translated versions.