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I Love Science Fiction

The name of this group is not really accurate for me. Rather than loving science-fiction as a whole, I really like certain authors, and Polish writer Stanislaw Lem is my personal favourite.

In one of his most famous (and easy to read) books, The Star Diaries, he depicts life in a planet where all its inhabitants look exactly the same, have no name, and swift their occupations and family roles every day. When the main character in the book, astronaut Ijon Tychy, asks one of them about death, the answer he gets is that there is no identity and no individuals, death does not really exist there.

What do you think of this answer? And of such a society?
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GerOttman · 61-69, M
Might have to look this one up and give it a read soon, sounds interesting. I've always been a Clarke/Asimov/Niven fan.