Lem was the most obviously brilliant author that I've read. I still can't manage some of his serious books (Solaris was OK, but Fiasco was too boring for me).

Lem was the most obviously brilliant author that I've read. I still can't manage some of his serious books (Solaris was OK, but Fiasco was too boring for me). But the Cyberiada is just too great. I've tried reading Summa Technologiae when I was a teen, and dismissed it as I dismissed all philosophy at the time, should probably try again.