Lem is one of the few SF authors I've read who truly have a sense of the utter alienness of the alien. Other cultures aren't just furry/scaly/tall/short humans with funny names, but things entirely incomprehensible to the humans who interact with them.
I always loved that about his stories. I'm sad he's gone.
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Agreed. I got to see him on stage in "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf." Absolutely incredible.
Lem is one of the few SF authors I've read who truly have a sense of the utter alienness of the alien. Other cultures aren't just furry/scaly/tall/short humans with funny names, but things entirely incomprehensible to the humans who interact with them.
I always loved that about his stories. I'm sad he's gone.