august july prominent polish science fiction author second popularity poland major genres social science fiction main recurring theme involved prospects space environment mankind carried ideas habits red space heroes desperately try find meaning world novels recognized classics science fiction poland famous works social science fiction novels van cylinder inferior lower limit truth coming shadow paradise world orbit polish science fiction award named award trustee life born august warsaw poland studied physics graduating worked years engineer expert nuclear physics poland published number academic works safety regulations educational texts spare time popularized science writing science fiction brother started column polish magazine young people interested science engineering proposed futuristic published science fiction debut short story polish stories soon appeared polish magazines science fiction book writing career began publication short story anthology included stories appeared year earlier anthology published collections mirror phoenix devil tail novel appeared year short story anthology geared young adults science fiction novel contact mystery right return novels late 1970s early 1980s van cylinder inferior lower limit truth shadows paradise world orbit earned reputation important polish science fiction writers active member polish international science fiction 1980s active supporter polish solidarity movement july died lung cancer years struggle disease themes early works 60s early 70s located classic science fiction genre focusing scientific role space exploration alien contact artificial intelligence writing career continued stories evolved focus social aspects negative consequences time increasingly visible theme visible works concern dangers inherent attempts control human society condemning human ignorance warning asking philosophical questions nature universe happiness human destiny important works second period late 70s 80s represent genres social fiction works states societies leaving extreme forms mass surveillance works recognized critique communist state reality life science fiction genre outer clearly fictional setting invented able debate systems mainstream literature allowed importance described second science fiction writer popularity poland described writer replaced polish writer vacated position earlier recognized social science fiction genre polish science fiction known poland speculative fiction inspiration number younger polish science fiction authors works translated bulgarian czech finnish german hungarian russian works translated english exception short story particularly difficult territory wrote english language tales planet earth anthology edited recognition received honorary award magazine long term cooperation recipient arts award van cylinder received golden award times inferior novel award shadow novel award polish fantasy science fiction associated polish convention decided establish annual award initially named winner award novel won award posthumously shortly death time decided award known award dedicated anthology tales planet earth book contains english translation short stories particularly difficult territory work translated english date august novels right return van cylinder inferior lower limit truth coming shadow paradise world orbit second look planet posthumously completed short story collections mirror phoenix devil tail going higher considerations list farewell letter including outlines unfinished novels hand account
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