J. Madison Davis. Stanislaw Lem. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, 1990. ix+116. $19.95 hardcover, $9.95 paper. There is a popular Polish maxim: na bezrybiu i rak ryba, which might be paraphrased as ...

We think of ourselves as the Knights of Holy Contact. This is another lie. We are only seeking Man. We have no need of other worlds. We need mirrors. (§[6]:72) In this brief passage from one of SF’s ...