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Lem’s first science-fiction novel

Титульна AI-згенерована ілюстрація / AI-generated cover illustration. A young writer works at a typewriter beside fictional 1946 weekly pages, evoking Lem’s science-fiction debut; not an authentic portrait or issue.

AI-generated still life of fictional postwar weekly magazine pages featuring a serialized science-fiction story; not an authentic copy of *Nowy Świat Przygód*.

AI-generated conceptual view of Mars from an approaching fictional craft, evoking the story’s title and setting.

portrait of Lem in 1966 with a mechanical toy and books; courtesy of his secretary Wojciech Zemek. Wikimedia Commons records permission from the Lem estate and CC BY-SA 3.0 (also GFDL). Attribution: Stanisław Lem / courtesy of Wojciech Zemek / CC BY-SA 3.0. No edits. [Original page](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stanis%C5%82aw_Lem.jpg).

portrait of Lem by Mariusz Kubik, 30 October 2005. Wikimedia Commons lists CC BY-SA 3.0 and CC BY 2.5; use CC BY 2.5. Attribution: Mariusz Kubik / CC BY 2.5. No edits. [Original page](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stanislaw_Lem_by_Kubik.JPG).

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Титульна AI-згенерована ілюстрація / AI-generated cover illustration. A young writer works at a typewriter beside fictional 1946 weekly pages, evoking Lem’s science-fiction debut; not an authentic portrait or issue.

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In 1946, Stanisław Lem published *Człowiek z Marsa* (*The Man from Mars*) in the Katowice weekly *Nowy Świat Przygód*. It was his first science-fiction novel and appeared in installments. It is described as Lem’s science-fiction debut, not necessarily his first literary text of any kind.