


He was particularly fond of satirizing religion, technology, and human foibles, typically with a sharp and incisive wit. He loved word-plays, making up new words and divining the future of civilisation from them it was one of the many ways in which he subjected plot to paradoxical associations rather than to the straight and narrowly reasonable prognoses. In 1996, he was named a Knight of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland's highest decoration). He is one of the most recognized and respected Polish writers, as well as one of the most prolific science-fiction writers. His works range from philosophical books and analyses to "tall tales", to light and darkly comic satire and he enjoyed subverting many common genre tropes.

Stanisław Lem (12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish novelist, most credited for his Science Fiction writings.
