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 …
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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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- LibraryThing key:
- 18415
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Solaris
Paperback, 218 pages
English language
Published March 3, 2016 by Faber & Faber.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-571-31157-6Copied ISBN!
Solaris
Hardcover, 262 pages
Norwegian, Norsk, bokmål language
Published Dec. 31, 2020 by Solum Bokvennen.
- ISBN:
- 978-82-560-2035-5Copied ISBN!
Solaris
Paperback, 220 pages
Czech language
Published 2003 by Mladá fronta.
- ISBN:
- 978-80-204-0998-0Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 53268751
Solaris
Paperback, 319 pages
French language
Published by Distribooks Inc..
- ISBN:
- 978-2-07-042239-5Copied ISBN!
Solaris
223 pages
English language
Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-425-03380-7Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 2710066
Solaris
Paperback, 237 pages
German language
Published 1984 by dtv.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-423-10177-6Copied ISBN!
Solaris
Paperback, 236 pages
Spanish language
Published 2002 by Minotauro.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-450-7355-1Copied ISBN!
Solaris
Paperback, 340 pages
Published by Wydawnictwo Literackie.
- ISBN:
- 978-83-08-07519-7Copied ISBN!
Solaris / The Chain of Chance / A Perfect Vacuum
544 pages
English language
Published June 29, 1981 by Penguin Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-005539-9Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 9705228
Solaris
204 pages
English language
Published 1987 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-15-683750-7Copied ISBN!
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