SOURCE: “Stanislaw Lem's Star Diaries,” in Science-Fiction Studies, Vol. 13, Pt. 3, November, 1986, pp. 361–73.
In the following essay, Jarzebski examines the development of Lem's philosophical perspective in his Star Diaries stories, drawing attention to Lem's mockery of intellectual arrogance and positivist views of human progress.
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