SOURCE: “Stanislaw Lem: Socio-Political Sci-Fi,” in Modern Language Review, Vol. 94, Pt. 3, July, 1999, pp. 758–74.
In the following essay, Tighe examines the social and literary context of Lem's fiction and publishing history in communist Poland, drawing attention to his sociopolitical concerns, particularly in Solaris. Tighe also addresses the impact of censorship on Lem's interest in closed information systems.
