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Comment by drewcoo | Hacker News Reader

Well . . . Stanislaw Lem had constant harping claims that Dick was a capitalist committee invention.

https://culture.pl/en/article/philip-k-dick-stanislaw-lem-is...

Obviously just a personal opinion, but Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is a much more compelling story than Solaris (the only Lem I've read). I loved Solaris. It's a beautiful piece of writing. But Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep had me on the edge of my seat in anticipation. I'm not surprised that Blade Runner makes a more compelling movie than Solaris's film adaptation.

It could hardly be considered unprecedented:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Bourbaki

It was the other way around. Dick had constant harping claims that Lem was a communist committee invention as it says in the article that you linked.

Furthermore, from the same article:

> Lem, however, considered one science fiction author as exempt from his scathing criticisms – his denouncer, Philip K. Dick. The title of an essay Lem published about Dick is evidence enough of this high regard: A Visionary Among the Charlatans. The essay itself waxes lyrical on Dick’s many excellent qualities as a writer, and expounds upon the dire state of US sci-fi. Lem considered Dick to be the only writer exempt from his cynical view of American SF.

Accusing someone of really being a secret committe that puts out work under the name of one person, as the way to explain their high quality and quantity is more of of a compliment than an attack.

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