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'''Rozmowy ze Stanisławem Lemem''' (lit. ''Conversations with Stanisław Lem'') is a book-length interview of Polish science fiction writer [[Stanisław Lem]] conducted by literary critic and historian [[Stanisław Bereś]] in 1981-1982 and published in book format in 1987. A second, more comprehensive edition was published in 2002 under the title '''Tako rzecze… Lem''' (lit. ''Thus speaks... Lem'').
'''Rozmowy ze Stanisławem Lemem''' (lit. ''Conversations with Stanisław Lem'') is a book-length interview of Polish science fiction writer [[Stanisław Lem]] conducted by literary critic and historian [[Stanisław Bereś]] in 1981-1982 and published in book format in 1987. A second, more comprehensive edition was published in 2002 under the title '''Tako rzecze… Lem''' (lit. ''Thus speaks... Lem'').


==Development==
The interview lasted a year - from November 1981 to August 1982, and was interrupted by the [[martial law in Poland]]. The book publication was delayed as both Lem and Bereś were seen as involved with opposition and sympathizing with the Western powers.<ref name=":1" /> Parts of the interview were first published in West Germany, and in Poland, in monthly literary magazine ''[[Odra (magazine)|Odra]]''.<ref name=":1" /> In 2007 the book was published by Polish publisher [[Wydawnictwo Literackie]], but in low quality print of 10,000 copies, and the book was subject to significant interference by the [[censorship in Communist Poland]], which removed a chapter discussing the then-contemporary situation of Poland.<ref name=":1" />
The interview lasted a year - from November 1981 to August 1982, and was interrupted by the [[martial law in Poland]]. The book publication was delayed as both Lem and Bereś were seen as involved with opposition and sympathizing with the Western powers.<ref name=":1" /> Parts of the interview were first published in West Germany, and in Poland, in monthly literary magazine ''[[Odra (magazine)|Odra]]''.<ref name=":1" /> In 2007 the book was published by Polish publisher [[Wydawnictwo Literackie]], but in low quality print of 10,000 copies, and the book was subject to significant interference by the [[censorship in Communist Poland]], which removed a chapter discussing the then-contemporary situation of Poland.<ref name=":1" />


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Reviewing the second edition in 2002, [[Wojciech Orliński]] called it "the most interesting of all monographies about Lem" and a "brilliant interview".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://wyborcza.pl/1,75517,909390.html?disableRedirects=true|title=Tako rzecze...Lem, Bereś, Stanisław|last=Orliński|first=Wojciech|date=1 July 2002|website=wyborcza.pl|language=Polish|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref>
Reviewing the second edition in 2002, [[Wojciech Orliński]] called it "the most interesting of all monographies about Lem" and a "brilliant interview".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://wyborcza.pl/1,75517,909390.html?disableRedirects=true|title=Tako rzecze...Lem, Bereś, Stanisław|last=Orliński|first=Wojciech|date=1 July 2002|website=wyborcza.pl|language=Polish|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref>


==Influence==
In 2005 Bereś published another book-length interview, ''[[Historia i fantastyka]],'' this time with Polish fantasy writer [[Andrzej Sapkowski]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://wyborcza.pl/1,75410,2987535.html?disableRedirects=true|title=Historia i fantastyka, Bereś, Stanisław; Sapkowski, Andrzej|last=Orliński|first=Wojciech|date=26 October 2005|website=wyborcza.pl|language=Polish|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-02-20}}</ref> Wojciech Orliński in his review of ''Historia i fantastyka'' notes that comparing it with the Lem's interview from 1980s it allows for a study of how [[Science fiction and fantasy in Poland|Polish science fiction and fantasy]] has changed over those two decades.<ref name=":0" />

While Bereś' interview was never fully translated to English, in the early 1990s, Lem met with the literary scholar and critic [[Peter Swirski]] for a series of extensive interviews, published together with other critical materials and translations in English as ''[[A Stanislaw Lem Reader]]'' (1997)''.''<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jurich|first=Marilyn|date=1999|title=Review of A Stanislaw Lem Reader|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20718080|journal=Utopian Studies|volume=10|issue=1|pages=285–289|issn=1045-991X}}</ref>
While Bereś' interview was never fully translated to English, in the early 1990s, Lem met with the literary scholar and critic [[Peter Swirski]] for a series of extensive interviews, published together with other critical materials and translations in English as ''[[A Stanislaw Lem Reader]]'' (1997)''.''<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jurich|first=Marilyn|date=1999|title=Review of A Stanislaw Lem Reader|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20718080|journal=Utopian Studies|volume=10|issue=1|pages=285–289|issn=1045-991X}}</ref>

In 2005 Bereś published another book-length interview, ''[[Historia i fantastyka]],'' this time with Polish fantasy writer [[Andrzej Sapkowski]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://wyborcza.pl/1,75410,2987535.html?disableRedirects=true|title=Historia i fantastyka, Bereś, Stanisław; Sapkowski, Andrzej|last=Orliński|first=Wojciech|date=26 October 2005|website=wyborcza.pl|language=Polish|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-02-20}}</ref> Wojciech Orliński in his review of ''Historia i fantastyka'' notes that comparing it with the Lem's interview from 1980s it allows for a study of how [[Science fiction and fantasy in Poland|Polish science fiction and fantasy]] has changed over those two decades.<ref name=":0" />


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 11:41, 29 March 2019

Conversations with Stanisław Lem
AuthorStanisław Bereś
Original titleRozmowy ze Stanisławem Lemem
LanguagePolish
GenreInterview
Published1987
PublisherWydawnictwo Literackie
Publication placePoland
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages399
ISBN8308016561
OCLC572265632
Thus speaks... Lem
AuthorStanisław Bereś
Original titleTako rzecze… Lem
LanguagePolish
GenreInterview
Published2002
PublisherWydawnictwo Literackie
Publication placePoland
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages575
ISBN8308032451
OCLC749598762

Rozmowy ze Stanisławem Lemem (lit. Conversations with Stanisław Lem) is a book-length interview of Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem conducted by literary critic and historian Stanisław Bereś in 1981-1982 and published in book format in 1987. A second, more comprehensive edition was published in 2002 under the title Tako rzecze… Lem (lit. Thus speaks... Lem).

Development

The interview lasted a year - from November 1981 to August 1982, and was interrupted by the martial law in Poland. The book publication was delayed as both Lem and Bereś were seen as involved with opposition and sympathizing with the Western powers.[1] Parts of the interview were first published in West Germany, and in Poland, in monthly literary magazine Odra.[1] In 2007 the book was published by Polish publisher Wydawnictwo Literackie, but in low quality print of 10,000 copies, and the book was subject to significant interference by the censorship in Communist Poland, which removed a chapter discussing the then-contemporary situation of Poland.[1]

The second, expanded edition included fragments removed from the previous edition by censorship as well as a new chapter based on recent interviews with Lem carried out by Bereś after September 2001 attacks in the United States.[2] The title of the book was also changed to Tako rzecze… Lem (lit. Thus speaks... Lem), which was the title initially intended by the book.[1]

Reviewing the second edition in 2002, Wojciech Orliński called it "the most interesting of all monographies about Lem" and a "brilliant interview".[1]

Influence

While Bereś' interview was never fully translated to English, in the early 1990s, Lem met with the literary scholar and critic Peter Swirski for a series of extensive interviews, published together with other critical materials and translations in English as A Stanislaw Lem Reader (1997).[3]

In 2005 Bereś published another book-length interview, Historia i fantastyka, this time with Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski.[4] Wojciech Orliński in his review of Historia i fantastyka notes that comparing it with the Lem's interview from 1980s it allows for a study of how Polish science fiction and fantasy has changed over those two decades.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Orliński, Wojciech (1 July 2002). "Tako rzecze...Lem, Bereś, Stanisław". wyborcza.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-03-29. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  2. ^ "Stanisław Lem - Tako rzecze... Lem". solaris.lem.pl. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  3. ^ Jurich, Marilyn (1999). "Review of A Stanislaw Lem Reader". Utopian Studies. 10 (1): 285–289. ISSN 1045-991X.
  4. ^ a b Orliński, Wojciech (26 October 2005). "Historia i fantastyka, Bereś, Stanisław; Sapkowski, Andrzej". wyborcza.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-02-20. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)