Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg

Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg (January 1, 1937 - August 30, 1995) was a Polish science fiction author. He was born in Płock, Poland.

Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg
Born1 January 1937
Płock, Poland
Died30 August 1995 (aged 58)
Warsaw, Poland
OccupationWriter
NationalityPolish
Period1968–1995
Genrescience fiction

Although unpopular during his life, after his suicide he became recognized as one of the most significant authors of Polish SF.[1]

He was the prototype of Sneer, the main character of Limes inferior, one of the novels by Janusz A. Zajdel.

Publications
  • Robot ("Robot") (1973)
  • Według łotra ("According, to the Thief") (Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków 1978)
  • Nagi cel ("The Naked Target") (1980)
  • Arka ("The Ark") (Czytelnik, Warszawa 1989)
  • Jednolita teoria czasoprzestrzeni ("The Uniform Theory of the Spacetime") (1990)[2]
    • A non-science fiction book, in which the author presents his vision of the "General Theory of Everything", i.e., the unifying theory for all physical aspects of the universe. This theory was not taken seriously by physicists.[3][4]

Posthumous

  • "ORO" ("ORO") (Amber, Warszawa 1997)
  • "Trzecia cywilizacja" ("The Third Civilization") (C&T, Toruń 1998)

References
  1. S.A, Wirtualna Polska Media (2010-04-14). "Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg". ksiazki.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2019-02-05.
  2. Jednolita teoria czasoprzestrzeni (retrieved February 16, 2020)
  3. Jan Czerniawski, "Świat według Snerga", Nowa Fantastyka, July 1991
  4. Lech Keller, "Przyczynek do biografii Stanisława Lema" (retrieved February 16, 2020), Acta Polonica Monashiensis (Monash University: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) Volume 3 Number 2, R&S Press, Melbourne, Vic., 2019, p. 9


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