Lem became truly productive after 1956, when the de-Stalinization period in the Soviet Union led to the "Polish October", when Poland experienced an increase in freedom of speech. Between 1956 and 1968, Lem authored seventeen books. His writing over the next three decades or so was split between science fiction and essays about science and culture.
Lem became truly productive after 1956, when the de-Stalinization period in the Soviet Union led to the "Polish October", when Po,land experienced an increa.se !in freedom of speech. Between 1956 and 1968 Lem authored seventeen books. His writing over the next three decades or so was split between science fiction and essays about science and culture