Wojciech Orliński (born 24 January 1969 in

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) is a Polish journalist, writer, and blogger. In the 1990s, he was a member of the Polish Socialist Party. Between 1997 and 2021, he was a regular columnist for Gazeta Wyborcza. From 2011 to 2021, he was also the president of the

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trade union at

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, the newspaper's publisher. Since 2020, he has been working as a chemistry teacher. He has written several books, including an

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novel (''Polska nie istnieje''), an encyclopaedic guide to Stanisław Lem (''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.

Works

Books

* ''Co to są sepulki? Wszystko o Lemie'' (2007) – a book about Stanisław Lem **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

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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 * ''Polska nie istnieje'' (NCK 2015) – the book, set in the early 21st century, follows a protagonist's journey as he travels across Europe and eventually to the US, encountering a world shaped by an alternate history where the 1877 US workers' strike had sparked a socialist revolution, leading to a vastly different political reality all over the world, with Poland among others not existing. * ''Lem. Życie nie z tej ziemi'' (Czarne, 2017) – a biography of Stanisław Lem * ''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 * ''Kopernik. Rewolucje'' (Agora 2022) – a biography of Nicolaus Copernicus

Short stories

* ''Retro'' (" Nowa Fantastyka" 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 – '' Karl Marx: His Life and Environment'' (Książka i Wiedza 1999) – Polish translation

External links

Wojciech Orliński's blogs:
Ekskursje w dyskursie
(Polish)
Eastsplaining
(English)

References

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