I have just finished reading Stanislaw Lem’s “Memoirs Found in a Bathtub” and found it quite a story. At first I thought I felt it had a certain connection with the insanity of Catch 22, amused by the humor and nonsense. However, as the story developed, I found that the insanity wasn’t insane after all, but rather that every detail in the story was very well crafted and connected to form its own inner logic within an insane world, and that what started off as simply amusing became deeply troubling and thoughtful. I would say more, but perhaps best to simply read Lem’s thoughts as well as a fragment of the text on the official Lem site.
This was the first story I read by Lem, and I am certainly looking forward to reading more of his work!