Such a Different Future

The heroes of this collection fly to distant stars to make contact with representatives of other civilizations. They return from unimaginable distances and try to adapt to new earthly realities. They participate in convoluted spy-bureaucratic games on the edge of common sense. They actively fight against obscurantism and various forms of social evil. They fantasize, experience incredible adventures, and emerge victorious from dangerous situations. And – whatever visions of the future Stanislaw Lem paints: victorious communism or multi-layered chaos, universal voluntary celebration of reason or grotesque forced artificial "happiness" – his novels are always in demand and loved, for he places Man at the forefront and the search for their place in a community of equals, strong, free people.