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Subject: [Leica] Stanislaw Lem
From: alal at duke.poly.edu (A. Lal)
Date: Wed Mar 29 03:45:18 2006
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I haven't seen either version of Solaris, but liked the book. My own 
favourite is "Fiasco". I always try to get students to read it.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rei Shinozuka" <shino@panix.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 6:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Stanislaw Lem


>A tragic loss, I remember how hilariously clever the Cyberiad was
> when I read it in High School.  And I very much enjoyed both
> film versions of Solaris.
>
> I was surprised to learn that Lem did not like Tarkovsky's acclaimed
> version, and is more sympathetic to Soderbergh's:
>
> http://www.lem.pl/english/interview/interview.htm
>
> -rei
>
> On Mar28 16:31, A. Lal wrote:
>> Just heard that Stanislaw Lem, one of the great science fiction writers 
>> of
>> all time passed away yesterday. Any fans of his on this list?
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from alal at duke.poly.edu (A. Lal) ([Leica] Stanislaw Lem)
Message from shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka) ([Leica] Stanislaw Lem)