„My View on Literature” contains primarily Lem's personal discourse of literature – perceived on the one hand from the point of view of mercilessly criticized theories of interpretation, on the other from the reader's point of view.  Here, Lem presents himself as a great reader:  aware of all tricks of the literary trade, but above all personally involved, disclosing his individual tastes, passionately describing the intriguing adventure of solving  mysteries of texts and their creators.