[uptownJimmy]

I have only read Lem's "Solaris", and I have also watched the Soderbergh movie. But I don't think I've ever read/seen a more profound meditation on the human experience PLUS the possibilities of an encounter with an alien intelligence. Just wonderful, soul-provoking stuff.

[anigbrowl]

Run, don't walk, to pick up The Cyberiad and Mortal Engines. And then everything else. Luckiest library find 13 year old me could possibly have made.