Solaris

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A classic work of science fiction by renowned Polish novelist and satirist Stanislaw Lem.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.Translated by Joanna Kilmartin and Steve Cox. Download Solaris By Stanisław Lem – kino-fada.fr Many sci fi authors think that they write about aliens The truth is, they really don tInstead, they essentially write about humans Most sci fi aliens are littlethan an allegory for humanity, a mirror through which we can see ourselves maybe slightly different looking, withor fewer appendages, different senses, funny names, different social structures but still unmistakably human And so, when we think of aliens as shown in popular literature cinematography, 99% of us wiMany sci fi authors think that they write about aliens The truth is, they really don tInstead, they essentially write about humans Most sci fi aliens are littlethan an allegory for humanity, a mirror through which we can see ourselves maybe slightly different looking, withor fewer appendages, different senses, funny names, different social structures but still unmistakably human And so, when we think of aliens as shown in popular literature cinematography, 99% of us will imagine these rather than this Whichever way the sci fi aliens are described, there is always something about them that we can relate to Basically, it serves the age old purpose of self insertion of a reader into a book This is the same excuse that Hollywood gives any time it wants to show u...11 11 11 Update Reflected on it a bit , and bumped up the rating to 5 stars Darn those coercive, psychic ocean mind waves Despite work, an appalling lack of sleep, work, life, work, copious amounts of laundry, work, and MORE WORK, I finally finished this little gem of a book I am giving it four stars for now, but depending on how I feel after I absorbof the book, I may bump up the rating Solaris is beautifully written, and the message behind the book is chilling if not eye openin 11 11 11 Update Reflected on it a bit , and bumped up the rating to 5 stars Darn those coercive, psychic ocean mind waves Despite work, an appalling lack of sleep, work, life, work, copious amounts of laundry, work, and MORE WORK, I finally finished this little gem of a book I am giving it four stars for now, but depending on how I feel after I absorbof the book, I may bump up the rating Solaris is beautifully written, and the message behind the book is chilling if not eye opening In most sci fi, humans interact with non humans violently, peacefully, symbiotically, or however else we communicate with them the key words being interact and communicate However, Lem pushes us to think waaaay outside our comfortable, boxy way of thinking and makes us wonder what if there were beings so inherently different from us that we couldn t even begin to understand them Do w...I m afraid I m a philistine I liked the Soderberg remake of the movie most, then the book, and last the original Tarkovsky movie If you re cultured and sophisticated, I think that you re supposed to have the exact opposite ordering Oh well.In my defense, I recall that, when I watched the Tark...This is the classic gothic horror haunted house story revisited with an SF twist It s a testament to the obtuseness of mankind, particularly unemotional, Cold War era, scientific man Three scientists on the remote planet Solaris seek contact with the lone enormous creature occupying it the ocean All sorts of experiments are tried over a century or , but the planet and the humans never achieve, at least to the humans satisfaction, adequate evidence of a measurable intellectual exchange This is the classic gothic horror haunted house story revisited with an SF twist It s a testament to the obtuseness of mankind, particularly unemotional, Cold War era, scientific man Three scientists on the remote planet Solaris seek contact with the lone enormous creature occupying it the ocean All sorts of experiments are tried over a century or , but the planet and the humans ne...I will review this properly after re read, but I can say that this book was fantastic I ve seen the newer movie which was good and will watch the older at some point Not action packed, butpondering kind of a book.Who could have thought Who could have thought of a planet, almost covered by ocean and that the ocean is in reality an organism enveloping the planet Where the waves are actually muscle contractions of that organism And that organism can communicate to the mind of human beings and has the ability to probe and analyze people s mind and manipulate it innermost secrets guilt included And this can lead human beings to lunacy and commit suicide I am already at the stage of my life when I alre Who could have thought Who could have thought of a planet, almost covered by ocean and that the ocean is in reality an organism enveloping the planet Where the waves are actually muscle contractions of that organism And that organism can communicate to the mind of human beings and has the ability to probe and analyze people s mind and manipulate it innermost secrets guilt included And this can lead human beings to lunacy and commit suicide I am already at the stage of my life when I already find this genre alongside formulaic fantasy, mystery, thriller and horror almost always too unbelievable However, if the author is good in his storytelling, the manner of writing takes the front seat and the plot, theme and characters become secondary This is the case for Solaris 1961 by Polish novelist, Stanislaw Lew 1921 2006.One of the very few novels that underwent double translations from Polish 1961 to French 1966 to English 1970 and fi...When I was a kid my dad was obsessed with the idea of UFO s and alien contact He made me and my brother watch endless episodes of trashy American documentaries about sightings and abductions In fact, I sat through so many of these that I started to have nightmares about bug eyed extra terrestrial beings entering my room at night I guess that for my dad who did not have a partner, whose children were emotionally, if not physically, estranged from him, and whose job was not exactly stimulatin When I was a kid my dad was obsessed with the idea of UFO s and alien contact He made me and my brother watch endless episodes of trashy American documentaries about sightings and abductions In fact, I sat through so many of these that I started to have nightmares about bug eyed extra terrestrial beings entering my room a...Man has gone out to explore other worlds and other civilizations without having explored his own labyrinth of dark passages and secret chambers, and without finding what lies behind doorways that he himself has sealedStanislaw Lem, SolarisI m kinda giddy about both starting and finishing this on June 5, 2012 Transit of Venus I figure if I can measure how long it takes me to read this novel in English and French and Polish, I might be able to figure out the exact distance from Solaris toMan has gone out to explore other worlds and other civilizations without having explored his own labyrinth of dark passages and secret chambers, and without finding what lies behind doorways that he himself has sealedStanislaw Lem, SolarisI m kinda giddy about both starting and finishing this on June 5, 2012 Transit of Venus I figure if I can measure how long it takes me to read this novel in English and French and Polish, I might be able to figure out the exact distance from Solaris to my Brain Obviously, this is not science fiction meant to be read by teens tweens, waiting for the next evolution of the Twilight series or FableHaven or whatever teenagers read now This is Big Mamma Science Fiction dealing with big issues using philosophy and poetry to communicate both the strangeness of mankind and the gentle waves of the Universe Being a translation , the reader or listener is only able to capture an incomplete shadow of Lem s original text However, if the shadow is ...Have you ever watched a reputed champion for the first time a Muhammed Ali, a Michael Schumacher, an Andre Agassi by reputation and been disappointed Have you heard so much, been expecting something so great, and then watched the title fighter hit the mat in round three, the pole position driver stall on the second bend or the top seed play a dull match with only tantalizing flashes of the brilliance you ve heard so ... Solaris fut traduit en fran ais en 1964, trois ans seulement apr s sa publication en Pologne les tournures de cette traduction sont d ailleurs assez dat es Le roman de Stanislas Lem devint tr s t t un classique du genre, sans doute propuls par l adaptation cin matographique de Tarkovsky en 1972 le grand film de science fiction sovi tique, en r ponse sans doute au 2001 de Kubrick Clarke Soderbergh proposera une autre version avec George Clooney trente ans plus tard.Il s agit d un livre Solaris fut traduit en fran ais en 1964, trois ans seulement apr s sa publication en Pologne les tournures de cette traduction sont d ailleurs assez dat es Le roman de Stanislas Lem devint tr s t t un classique du genre, sans doute propuls par l adaptation cin matographique de Tarkovsky en 1972 le grand film de science fiction sovi tique, en r ponse sans doute au 2001 de Kubrick Clarke Soderbergh proposera une autre version avec George Clooney trente ans plus tard.Il s agit d un livre assez troublant Ke...

Solaris
  • English
  • 04 May 2017
  • Paperback
  • 204 pages
  • Stanisław Lem
  • Solaris