Absolutely. As for hard sci-fi, Lem's work had a similar impact on me. I would also like to recommend the 'Pilot Pirx' short stories. Reading 'The Accident' (on

Absolutely. As for hard sci-fi, Lem's work had a similar impact on me. I would also like to recommend the 'Pilot Pirx' short stories. Reading 'The Accident' (on OMNI) as a teenager is perhaps what got me into sci-fi in the first place. Speaking of robot-related stories like 'The Accident', you might want to check out this very interesting article 'The Uncanny Robots of Pilot Pirx: Stanisław Lem’s Tales' (PDF) : https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/IL/article/view/IL.2016.21.1.12/8063 https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/IL/article/view/IL.2016.21.1....