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I'm reading 'The Invincible' right now by Stanislaw Lem. Not only is it good science fiction but it's good fiction period. Really can paint a scene and make you
by axiomdata316 7y ago
I'm reading 'The Invincible' right now by Stanislaw Lem. Not only is it good science fiction but it's good fiction period. Really can paint a scene and make you feel like you're right there in it.
- semiotagonal 7y agoI went on a science-fiction reading binge a few years ago, and the majority I found atrocious, but Fiasco and Solaris really stood out as excellent novels.
- gambiting 7y agoThe Invincible is my favourite book, period. I just love the theme of humanity bringing its most powerful, most advanced weaponry against an "enemy", and discovering not that it can't defeat it, but that doing so is simply....pointless. I've just finished reading Lem's Hospital of the Transfiguration - I love that this theme of pointlessness is expressed even in his non sci-fi books, it's just absolutely stellar reading.