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Solaris

Stanisław Lem,

Steve Cox (Translator),

Joanna Kilmartin (Translator)

Start date: January 1, 2022

Finish date: January 31, 2022

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Jul 30, 2017 Laura rated it really liked it

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From BBc radio 4 Extra:
Episode 1 of 2
A psychologist is sent to a rundown space station to find out what has happened to its crew. When his long-dead young wife turns up, he suddenly finds himself in serious trouble.

Episode 2 of 2
Psychologist Kris is falling in love with his replica wife and wants to take her back to Earth with him. His colleagues are simultaneously plotting to destroy the planet.

Stanislaw Lem's famous modern sci-fi classic dramatised by Hattie Naylor.

Starring Ron Cook as Kris, S ...more

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Jan 21, 2011 Yair Ben-Zvi rated it really liked it

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I’ll write as much as I can, as expressively as I can, but know already that I will fail in explaining what I want to explain. I just can’t depict what I want to depict. This is an incredible story. Lem’s writing is dense (one of the most painful and slow reads I’ve had in recent memory, at only 200 pages!) and filled to the brim with philosophical insight and daunting questions about mankind and the place and role of the race entire. Without giving away too much the ideas put forth by the novel ...more

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Jan 26, 2022 Natalie rated it really liked it

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Solaris really surprised me. It is science fiction, which is usually a bit dry and scientific. But this book had great description, character development, and emotional pull all while presenting a scientific like concept. The main character, Kris, goes to Solaris, a planet with a giant ocean. He joins the 2 remaining crew members aboard a space station which looks out over the ocean. We come to understand that the ocean has been heavily studied for years because it has strange structures within ...more

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