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An edition of Solaris
(1962)
Solaris
by Stanisław Lem
- 8 Ratings
- 70 Want to read
- 4 Currently reading
- 17 Have read
The cult-classic by Stanislaw Lem that spawned the movie is now available for your Kindle! Until now the only English edition was a 1970 version, which was translated from French and which Lem himself described as a "poor translation." This wonderful new English translation (by Bill Johnston) of Lem's classic Solaris is a must-have for fans of Lem's classic novel.
Telling of humanity's encounter with an alien intelligence on the planet Solaris, the 1961 novel is a cult classic, exploring the ultimate futility of attempting to communicate with extra-terrestrial life.
When Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface, he finds a painful, hitherto unconscious memory embodied in the living physical likeness of a long-dead lover. Others examining the planet, Kelvin learns, are plagued with their own repressed and newly corporeal memories. The Solaris ocean may be a massive brain that creates these incarnate memories, though its purpose in doing so is unknown, forcing the scientists to shift the focus of their quest and wonder if they can truly understand the universe without first understanding what lies within their hearts.
Previews available in: Italian Spanish / español English Hungarian
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Solaris: The Definitive Edition
November 22, 2014, Pro Auctore Wojciech Zemek
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Solaris
February 3, 2003, Faber and Faber
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Solaris
2002, Minotauro
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Solaris
November 20, 2002, Harvest Books
in English
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Solaris
December 1996, Faber & Faber
Hardcover
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Soli͡aris ; Nepobedimyĭ ; Zvezdnye dnevniki Iĭona Tikhogo
1988, Izd-vo "Pravda"
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Solaris: Roman
1975, Suhrkamp Verlag
Taschenbuch
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Solaris
First published in 1962
Subjects
Translations into English, English fiction, Polish Science fiction, Polish fiction, Translations from Polish, Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Slavic philologyPeople
Kris KelvinPlaces
Planet SolarisTimes
The FutureWork Description
The cult-classic by Stanislaw Lem that spawned the movie is now available for your Kindle! Until now the only English edition was a 1970 version, which was translated from French and which Lem himself described as a "poor translation." This wonderful new English translation (by Bill Johnston) of Lem's classic Solaris is a must-have for fans of Lem's classic novel.
Telling of humanity's encounter with an alien intelligence on the planet Solaris, the 1961 novel is a cult classic, exploring the ultimate futility of attempting to communicate with extra-terrestrial life.
When Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface, he finds a painful, hitherto unconscious memory embodied in the living physical likeness of a long-dead lover. Others examining the planet, Kelvin learns, are plagued with their own repressed and newly corporeal memories. The Solaris ocean may be a massive brain that creates these incarnate memories, though its purpose in doing so is unknown, forcing the scientists to shift the focus of their quest and wonder if they can truly understand the universe without first understanding what lies within their hearts.
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