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Re:Quanta to publish popular math and physics books by Teren... by lo_zamoyski on Monday December 08, 2025 @04:48PM (#46198113)
If Lem was there, he would likely have agreed to dedicate his books to "the best third-rate scifi writers", given his generally critical view of American/Western scifi as naive, "commercial trash", and shallow entertainment.
Re:Quanta to publish popular math and physics books by Teren... by srean on Monday December 08, 2025 @04:53PM (#46198167)
Too bad that I wouldn't be able to read Lem in the original. It's not an easy language to learn, is what I hear.
Re:Quanta to publish popular math and physics books by Teren... by __rito__ on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @09:39AM (#46205372)
Not all Western sci-fi are gadget dangling spaceship displays. That might have appeared as the trend to Lem, and I don't blame him. I have only Solaris that's by him, and gotta admit- it's on another level.