SOURCE: “On Lem's Highcastle,” in Science-Fiction Studies, Vol. 13, Pt. 3, November, 1986, pp. 345–51.
In the following essay, Anninski examines Lem's philosophical and literary perspective in Highcastle: A Remembrance, drawing parallels between Lem's formative experiences and his preoccupation with the development of individuality and the quest for absolute meaning.
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