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Curious as to why you feel the retro look doesn't fit? In my head canon, Lem's worlds look just about like that, because they were written in the era. It might
by shmeeed 2y ago
Curious as to why you feel the retro look doesn't fit? In my head canon, Lem's worlds look just about like that, because they were written in the era. It might be because I tend to glance over details in descriptions, though...
- flohofwoe 2y agoI always thought of the 'Lem scifi universe' as split in two: on one hand you have the more realistic 'space trucker universe' of Pilot Pirx and the more serious stories (like the Invincible), in my head this universe always looked more industrial and like an evolution of our present technology, e.g. more Alien than Star Wars, and dirtier than Odyssee 2001 - in the Pirx stories there's a lot of little details about imperfect technology and bureaucracy, from oil or fuel leaks on his rocket to having to waste days waiting "in harbor" for getting one or another thing approved. And the other Lem universe is where Ijon Tichy lives, more funny, bizarre, almost phantasy like Star Wars (and the 50s retro-scifi style would fit more into this Tichy universe).