Seconded. An investment of only 10 minutes in reading the following short story will grant you knowledge of whether you will enjoy Lem: https://english.lem.pl

Seconded. An investment of only 10 minutes in reading the following short story will grant you knowledge of whether you will enjoy Lem: https://english.lem.pl/works/novels/the-cyberiad/146-how-the-world-was-saved https://english.lem.pl/works/novels/the-cyberiad/146-how-the... And this particular story is remarkable in how it managed to survive translation.