It is the first of a series, and perhaps the books deepen later on, but this book left me yearning for something with more substance and a deeper vocabulary. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Last edited on 22 August 2020, at 02:42.
: i do not know what to say about this book.
They never talk to their visitors. A single world, our own, suffices us; but we can't accept it for what it is. Plus, I figured if they made a movie out of it, the story had to have some good staying power. His books have been translated into 41 languages and have sold over 27 million copies. [Relationships in the novel happen between simulacrums grown by the alien and the real humans, imho. It is unfortunate that Lem is labeled as an author of "science fiction", but really only because of what the american traditions for that genre have imprinted on our culture. I liked the way the narrator wa# dropped into the story: neither he, nor the reader really knew what was happening.Fine, fine translation of a very good, thought-provoking novel. 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. New Scientist Kelvin to take office at the station as a researcher planet.
You find yourself asking, where did this alien person find cherrywood and marigolds on an ice planet?
this is not sci-fi but lit of ideas, ideas that could not be otherwise examined for we would lack the world-view, the necessary literary techniques to even ask the questions posed.
Solar book. It's a short book but feels evocative of a much larger galaxy and of humans who are still trying to find their place and their purpose within it.After being the victim of constant mockery from friends for never having watched Tarkovsky over the years, I finally decided it was about time. If the science were based on some feasible premises, those passages would have made this work a much easier read. Many of his predictions have come true proving his genius for foretelling the future. They have some great dialogue as they try to work out the strange happenings. The story takes us on a space station Solaris, which has stationed three hundred meters above sea level. I found it difficult enough to get my head around the behaviour and motivations of humans, I had enough problems understanding my own world, that the possibility of engaging meaningfully with aliens struck me as, to all intents and purposes, impossible.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? Comparable to a Saturday morning cartoon, the text relies on descriptors, namely “zap” and “kerplunk”, to emphasize momentum in this action-packed adventure.An original, descriptive sci-fi/fantasy story that would be so much better if it had been professionally edited. or just a failure to translate, embody, depict the ideas rampant in the book. It seems to be doing experiments on the visiting humans as they do experiments on it.Neither one really understands the other though, and the author really makes you realize This really flies in the face of all our usual representations of aliens. Maybe they have pointy ears, like Vulcans, or ridged foreheads like Klingons.
“Solar,” the new novel by Ian McEwan, is just the opposite: a book so good — so ingeniously designed, irreproachably high-minded and skillfully brought off — … I liked the way the narrator wa# dropped into the story: neither he, nor the reader really knew what was happening. This alien person takes the group to his home where there is a cherrywood table and a vase of marigolds. in some ways, written in a postmodern way: academic papers, flight logs, theories of meaning abound..??? The novel is imaginative, certainly, but it runs out of ideas far too soon.
"Solaris" is routinely called Tarkovsky's reply to Kubrick's "2001," and indeed Tarkovsky could have seen the Kubrick film at the 1969 Moscow Film Festival, but the film is based on a 1961 novel by the Polish science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem. there are images beyond technical possibility, i guess. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. It contains many of the requirements of a good science fiction novel: aliens, futuristic tech, spaceships, love, betrayal — it’s all there. In her grandfather's spaceship, she embarks to recover not only her planet's crystal but find five others as well. Disclaimer: I received a free copy of Solaris Seethes in exchange for an honest review. I found the language here to be excellent, striking a solid mix of scientific-sounding jargon with flowing descriptions of the station and the raw feelings of the scientists. Solaris tells the story of a planet that reads minds, and obliges its visitors by devising and providing people they have lost, and miss. All his knowledge and love she felt for her coming to trial. 90s?
He is perhaps best known as the author of Stanisław Lem (staˈɲiswaf lɛm) was a Polish science fiction, philosophical and satirical writer of Jewish descent. After finishing the book, Solaris Seethes by Janet McNulty, I instantly craved more. Yet despite the fact 'Harey' is a hologram, most readers respond to these sections as if 'she' exists as the complete real 3D individual, instead of the fake 2D person she 'is'. Where the waves are actually muscle contractions of that organism? I was hooked from page one, both on this girl and the story. I was hooked from page one, both on this girl and the story.Solaris seethes is the first novel in the series The Solaris Saga.
James Blish's May, 1971 review of the book "Solaris"
one of my absolute favorites, with no qualifications, though i can see it being too slow, too abstract, too philosophical for many. "We have no need of other worlds. The reason it requires a severe suspension of disbelief is that it contains so many pop culture references and hard to believe descriptions that they become difficult to overlook. "I'm afraid I'm a philistine. In other words, There are two other scientists on the station with Kelvin: Dr. Snaut and Dr. Sartorius.
You find yourself asking, where did this alien person find cherrywood and marigolds on an ice planet?