Welcome to Litsy!

This was Lems first novel and my second Lem. It was easier to read than “Solaris“, but it has the same depth as his most famous book. Just as in “Solaris“ I admit that I surely didn't get the whole picture and that there's way more to discover than what I've found now. Lem is a difficult author, at least he is to me, and that's what makes him so interesting.

The only writers who have any peace are the ones who don't write. And there are some like that. They wallow in a sea of possibilities. To express a thought, you first have to limit it, and that means kill it. Every word I speak robs me of a thousand others, and every line I write means giving up another.