Universally considered to be a modern science fiction classic, Stanlislaw Lem's Solaris was first published in 1961 and subsequently adapted for the screen by the Soviet film-maker Andrei Tarkovsky in what many critics believe to be the most intelligent sci-fi movie ever made. When Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface he is forced to confront a painful, hitherto unconscious memory embodied in the physical likeness of a long-dead lover. Others suffer from the same affliction and speculation rises among scientists that the Solaris ocean may be a massive brain that creates incarnate memories, but its purpose in doing so remains a mystery . . . Solaris raises a question that has been at the heart of human experience and literature for centuries: can we truly understand the universe around us without first understanding what lies within?
| ISBN: | 9780571209484 |
| Publication date: | 9th April 2001 |
| Author: | Stanislaw Lem |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber an imprint of Faber and Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Science Fiction |
Universally considered to be a modern science fiction classic, Stanlislaw Lem's Solaris was first published in 1961 and subsequently adapted for the screen by the Soviet film-maker Andrei Tarkovsky in what many critics believe to be the most intelligent sci-fi movie ever made. When Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface he is forced to confront a painful, hitherto unconscious memory embodied in the physical likeness of a long-dead lover. Others suffer from the same affliction and speculation rises among scientists that the Solaris ocean may be a massive brain that creates incarnate memories, but its purpose in doing so remains a mystery . . . Solaris raises a question that has been at the heart of human experience and literature for centuries: can we truly understand the universe around us without first understanding what lies within?
Solaris features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Science Fiction
Solaris is available in Paperback
Solaris was written by Stanislaw Lem and published by Faber & Faber an imprint of Faber and Faber
Solaris has 224 pages