Stanislaw Lem, a Polish author, is the best known and most widely translated science fiction writer outside the English-speaking world. His nearly thirty books have been translated into thirty-six languages and have sold twenty million copies worldwide. Lem's other works include The Cyberiad, The Futurological Congress, Peace on Earth, Mortal Engines, and Tales of Pirx the Pilot, all available in English-language translations from Harvest. His book Solaris has been filmed twice. And his books were translated from polish into more than 40 languages.

Stanislaw Lem passed away March 27th 2006, in Krakow, Poland. As reason was given his advanced age.