A little wonder, every day

Stanisław Lem’s cars and sweets

Титульна AI-згенерована ілюстрація / AI-generated cover illustration. A celadon-green Mercedes and folded newspapers appear beside chocolate-covered marzipan on a Kraków street.

AI-generated illustration of a celadon-green sedan outside a Kraków hotel kiosk where a customer collects international newspapers.

AI-generated illustration of two people sharing chocolate-covered marzipan in a book-lined study, representing a family recollection.

Portrait of Lem in 1966; courtesy of secretary Wojciech Zemek; Lem estate permission, CC BY-SA 3.0. Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stanis%C5%82aw_Lem.jpg. Reused unchanged from checked package `fact-1710`.

Portrait by Mariusz Kubik, 2005; CC BY 2.5. Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stanislaw_Lem_by_Kubik.JPG. Reused unchanged from checked package `fact-1710`.

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Титульна AI-згенерована ілюстрація / AI-generated cover illustration. A celadon-green Mercedes and folded newspapers appear beside chocolate-covered marzipan on a Kraków street.

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Stanisław Lem was interested in cars and drove his light-green Mercedes to the Forum Hotel to collect foreign newspapers. His son Tomasz also recalled his father’s sweet tooth: Lem found favorite treats at the Cracovia Hotel confectionery and shared chocolate-covered marzipan with his son in his study.