SOURCE: “Stanislaw Lem and a Topology of Mind,” in Science-Fiction Studies, Vol. 19, Pt. 2, July, 1992, pp. 161–65.
In the following essay, Weissert examines Lem's investigation of the human mind and evolutionary consciousness in his fiction, particularly as reflected in his portrayal of inorganic extraterrestrial intelligence in Solaris and The Invincible.
