i'm surprised he was still alive. cyberiad was indeed great - the loose, mildly interconnected nature of the tales reminded me of the martian chronicles. i wonder, was lem a serialist who later collected his work (like bradbury)?

I still contend that the original Solaris movie had one of the strangest scenes I've ever seen in a film. I'd need to watch it again to see if I remember it correctly, and it was in Russian so who knows what impact that would have had... but still.

A man is walking down a hallway having a conversation. As he passes a door it opens and a midget comes running out at full speed. The man grabs the midget, pushes him back through the doorway and closes the door... then continues walking down the hallway without mentioning the whole episode with the midget as if it had never happened.

It was up there with that scene in the Shining.

which one? the twins? the blood? or was that all one scene?

I think he means the walrus blowjob.

I couldn't remember what sort of animal the guy in the suit was.