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ⓘ About Stanislaw Lem
Stanislaw Lem was one of the most respected science fiction authors that did not come from an English speaking country. He is best known for the likes of “Solaris” “The Cyberia” and “Tales of Pirx the Pilot.” Offering deep commentaries on the human condition, he was more than just a storyteller as he was deemed a futurist and forward-looking thinker that put forth his thoughts in a satirical tone. His work was very different in content and style from that of his contemporaries in the West as it was shaped by the influence of the place and time he lived in. While Stanislaw disparaged Western science fiction and was expelled from the Science Fiction Writers Association, he remained a popular author all across the globe.
All Book Series by Stanislaw Lem
The Star Diaries / Memoirs of a Space Traveler
Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 1957
Into the Universe of Technical Images
Book 2 of 47 · published 1985 Anthology · Vilém Flusser
Does Writing Have a Future?
Book 3 of 47 · published 1987 Anthology · Mark Poster,Vilém Flusser,Nancy Ann Roth
Cyberspaces Of Everyday Life
Book 12 of 47 · published 2006 Anthology · Mark Nunes
Wireless Writing in the Age of Marconi
Book 13 of 47 · published 2006 Anthology · Timothy C. Campbell
Games of Empire
Book 21 of 47 · published 2009 Anthology · Nick Dyer-Witheford,Greig de Peuter
Digital Art and Meaning
Book 24 of 47 · published 2011 Anthology · Roberto Simanowski
How to Do Things With Videogames
Book 25 of 47 · published 2011 Anthology · Ian Bogost
Vilém Flusser
Book 28 of 47 · published 2011 Anthology · Anke Finger,Rainer Guldin,Gustavo Bernardo
Digital Memory and the Archive
Book 29 of 47 · published 2012 Anthology · Jussi Parikka,Wolfgang Ernst
Comparative Textual Media
Book 31 of 47 · published 2013 Anthology · N. Katherine Hayles,Jessica Pressman
Reading Writing Interfaces
Book 32 of 47 · published 2014 Anthology · Lori Emerson
World Projects
Book 33 of 47 · published 2014 Anthology · Markus Krajewski,Charles Marcrum II
How to Talk about Videogames
Book 35 of 47 · published 2015 Anthology · Ian Bogost
On the Existence of Digital Objects
Book 36 of 47 · published 2016 Anthology · Yuk Hui
The Participatory Condition in the Digital Age
Book 38 of 47 · published 2016 Anthology · Christine Ross,Darin Barney,Jonathan Sterne,Tamar Tembeck
Metagaming
Book 40 of 47 · published 2017 Anthology · Stephanie Boluk,Patrick Lemieux
Deconstruction Machines
Book 41 of 47 · published 2018 Anthology · Catherine Malabou,Justin Joque
What Is Information?
Book 42 of 47 · published 2018 Anthology · Eric Hayot,Peter Janich,Lea Pao
Sensations of History
Book 44 of 47 · published 2019 Anthology · James J. Hodge
Radical Secrecy
Latest in the series · book 47 of 47 · published 2021 Anthology · Clare Birchall
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2010
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Stanislaw Lem?
Stanislaw Lem was one of the most respected science fiction authors that did not come from an English speaking country. He is best known for the likes of “Solaris” “The Cyberia” and “Tales of Pirx the Pilot.” Offering deep commentaries on the human condition, he was more than just a storyteller as he was deemed a futurist and forward-looking thinker that put forth his thoughts in a satirical tone. His work was very different in content and style from that of his contemporaries in the West as it was shaped by the influence of the place and time he lived in.
Which Stanislaw Lem series should I start with?
The best place to start is the From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy series, the earliest of Stanislaw Lem's multi-book series: it opens with The Star Diaries / Memoirs of a Space Traveler (1957) and runs to 4 books across 1957–1987, ending with Peace on Earth (1987). Stanislaw Lem's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Stanislaw Lem written?
Stanislaw Lem has 81 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1951 and 2021. 51 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Electronic Mediations series with 47 books — and 30 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Stanislaw Lem's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Stanislaw Lem's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy (1957–1987, 4 books) and Electronic Mediations (1964–2021, 47 books).
How are Stanislaw Lem's books organised into series?
This guide splits Stanislaw Lem's 81 books into 2 named series and 30 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Electronic Mediations (47 books, 1964–2021); From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy (4 books, 1957–1987).