Wojciech Orliński (born 24 January 1969 in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officiall ...

) is a Polish journalist, writer, and blogger. Between 1997 and 2021 he was a regular columnist for

Gazeta Wyborcza ''Gazeta Wyborcza'' (; ''The Electoral Gazette'' in English) is a Polish daily newspaper based in Warsaw, Poland. It is the first Polish daily newspaper after the era of " real socialism" and one of Poland's newspapers of record, covering the ...

. He has written several books, including an

alternate history Alternate history (also alternative history, althist, AH) is a genre of speculative fiction of stories in which one or more historical events occur and are resolved differently than in real life. As conjecture based upon historical fact, alte ...

novel, an encyclopaedic guide to

Stanisław Lem Stanisław Herman Lem (; 12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer of science fiction and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical ...

(''Co to są sepulki?''), a biography of Stanisław Lem, three travel books and an essay on dangers connected with the development of the Internet. He has also published science-fiction stories and opinion pieces in

Nowa Fantastyka ''Fantastyka'' (est 1982, in 1990 renamed ''Nowa Fantastyka'') is a Polish speculative fiction monthly fantasy and science fiction magazine. History ''Fantastyka'' was established in 1982 by sci-fi fans Andrzej Krzepkowski, Jacek Rodek and , un ...

Works

Books

* ''Co to są

sepulki Sepulkas, also renditioned as sepulcas, and called scrupts in English translation,"Scrupts"
at the FAQ page of Lem's off ...

? Wszystko o Lemie'' (2007) – a book about

**In 2012 an interactive version of the book was released for iPad under the title "Lemologia, czyli co to są sepulki?"APLIKACJA "LEMOLOGIA"
/ref> * Mark Barber – ''Urban Legends'' (RM 2007) – preface to the Polish edition and a chapter about Polish

urban legend An urban legend (sometimes contemporary legend, modern legend, urban myth, or urban tale) is a genre of folklore comprising stories or fallacious claims circulated as true, especially as having happened to a "friend of a friend" or a family m ...

s * ''Ameryka nie istnieje'' (Pascal, 2010) – a book describing the author's journey across the US. * ''Internet. Czas się bać'' (Agora 2013) - a book busting myths about the goodness of Internet and showing the dangers. * ''10 lat emocji. Kino polskie 2005-2015'' (Agora 2015) – a book about Polish cinema * ''Lem. Życie nie z tej ziemi'' (Czarne, 2017) – a biography of

* ''Człowiek, który wynalazł internet'' (Agora 2019) – a biography of Paul Baran * ''Lem w PRL-u'' (Wydawnictwo Literackie 2021) – a book about Stanisław Lem during the

Polish People's Republic The Polish People's Republic ( pl, Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, PRL) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1947 to 1989 as the predecessor of the modern Republic of Poland. With a population of approximately 37.9 million ne ...

Short stories

* ''Retro'' ("

" 11/1991) * ''Śnieżka'' ("Nowa Fantastyka" 1/1999) * ''Wszystkie szajby świata'' ("Nowa Fantastyka" 4/2007) * ''Diabeł warszawski'' (''Ksiega strachu'' anthology, Runa 2007) * ''Socpunk'' ("Nowa Fantastyka" 2/2008) * ''Stanlemian'' (''Głos Lema'' anthology, Powergraph 2011, ''Lemistry'' anthology, Comma Press 2011) * ''Conrad Street'' (''Conradology'' anthology, Comma Press 2017)

Translations

Isaiah Berlin Sir Isaiah Berlin (6 June 1909 – 5 November 1997) was a Russian-British social and political theorist, philosopher, and historian of ideas. Although he became increasingly averse to writing for publication, his improvised lectures and talks ...

– '' Karl Marx: His Life and Environment'' (Książka i Wiedza 1999) – Polish translation

External links

Wojciech Orliński's blog
(Polish)

References

1969 births Living people Polish journalists Polish science fiction writers {{Poland-writer-stub