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«Lem. A Life Not of This Earth is the first biography of the great science fiction writer and futurist in Poland. And the first biography in Ukrainian of Stanislav Lem, born in Lviv, since Ukraine's independence.

The book describes in detail how Lem survived the Holocaust in Lviv; his relationship with the communist idea, his motives for leaving for Poland in 1945; why Lem did not become a doctor, although he completed a full course at the medical academy; how the young writer was formed during the difficult years of Stalinism in Poland; why Andrzej Wajda never filmed &Solaris; the story of Philip Dick's famous denunciation of Lem to the FBI as a KGB agent; Lem's relationship with Bishop Karol Wojtyła of Krakow; his long and comprehensive career; his private life in a loving family; and many other interesting stories that present an outstanding personality against the background of the era.

«Lem. A Life Not of This Earth is not only a biography of Stanisław Lem, it is a detailed, dramatic, and honest account of the complex history of Central and Eastern Europe, in which Lviv of the first half of the twentieth century plays a prominent role.