For me, Lem's best work is the short stories, particularly the Ijon Tichy and Pirx ones. One of them has a brilliant and hilarious use of changing past due to time travel paradox. For some reason I never got all the way through The Cyberiad. The novels seemed to wander a bit.
I enjoyed the Clooney Solaris, although like CF said, nothing like the book. It's much more in line with some of the films based on PK Dick, with the "What is real?" angle. But it, along with The Limey, are Soderbergh's two best films. I think most of the rest of his work is crap.
I enjoyed the Clooney Solaris, although like CF said, nothing like the book. It's much more in line with some of the films based on PK Dick, with the "What is real?" angle. But it, along with The Limey, are Soderbergh's two best films. I think most of the rest of his work is crap.