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Solaris | Stanis?aw Lem
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midhun.j.zacharia
Solaris | Stanislaw Lem
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Pickpick

For a small book, the world building is immaculate. This is definitely a work you must experience even if sci-if isn‘t otherwise for you.

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Kempfme
Solaris | Stanislaw Lem
Pickpick

This is a short story of a science project gone wrong.

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yoavshai
Solaris | Stanis?aw Lem
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#BookCoverChallenge
Day 223.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

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literateBee
Solaris | Stanislaw Lem

Lem's conceptualization of 'alien intelligence' is profound.

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Whalien99
Solaris | Stanislaw Lem
Mehso-so

4 stars

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swynn
Solaris | Stanis?aw Lem
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📖 Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
✍️ Boris &/or Arkady Strugatsky
📺 Star Trek (still)
🤘 Shaârghot
🎵 Sonne (Rammstein)

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EadieB
Solaris | Stanis?aw Lem, Joanna Kilmartin, Steve Cox
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Day 1 - #SetinOuterSpace #BiblioMaynia
#Solaris #Lem

I am not really a science fiction reader but I really did enjoy this story. The concept and the characters were fascinating. I read it in one sitting as it held my attention and I was curious to see how it would end. The writing has great imagery and is very thought provoking. I would recommend this book to those who enjoy science fiction or those who want to stretch beyond their normal genres.

OriginalCyn620 👍🏻📚🪐 4y
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mollyk
Solaris | Stanislaw Lem
Mehso-so

:) :( :) ?

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Jari-chan
Solaris | Stanislaw Lem
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Tomorrow is my day off and I've got some #leisure time. So that's what I'm planning to do. Reading is my only real hobby, everything else comes and goes. Books stay.

#letstraveljuly

Buechersuechtling Funny, I read and loved “Solaris” 10 years ago (even if I have to say that I like the movie better) – and I have the same edition of it‼️😍 5y
Jari-chan @Buechersuechtling I've watched the movie years ago, but wanted to read the book ever since 😅 looking forward to reading it! 5y
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DePaepe
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"Human beings set out to encounter other worlds, other civilizations, without having fully gotten to know their own hidden recesses, their blind alleys, well shafts, dark barricaded doors."

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DePaepe
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"We don‘t need other worlds. We need mirrors. We don‘t know what to do with other worlds. One world is enough, even there we feel stifled. We desire to find our own idealized image; they‘re supposed to be globes, civilizations more perfect than ours; in other worlds we expect to find the image of our own primitive past."

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EadieB
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Day 20 - #alien #quotsyfeb19 #1001bookstoread

I am not really a science fiction reader but I really did enjoy this story. The concept and the characters were fascinating. I read it in one sitting as it held my attention and I was curious to see how it would end. The writing has great imagery and is very thought provoking. I would recommend this book to those who enjoy science fiction or those who want to stretch beyond their normal genres.

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Erdeljanus
Solaris | Stanis?aw Lem, Joanna Kilmartin, Steve Cox
Panpan

It was a book I wanted to read for a really long time, but in the end I was dissapointed. It has a good plot, but the book has really long and drawn out passages where the author explains the science behind certain things that happen. These long passages failed to keep my attention, and I eventually started skipping them and only read the interesting parts. I managed to finish the book eventually though, but didn't realy enjoy it.

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scowler1
Solaris | Stanis?aw Lem, Joanna Kilmartin, Steve Cox
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Mehso-so

Recommended by a German guy I've never met. Proper Sci-fi with long passages of pseudo scientific nonsense combined with a really intriguing plot and some well defined characters. Reminded me a lot of H.G. Wells. From a quick Google search I can see it's been translated and published a gazillion times, it is good stuff but you do need to be in the mood to read this.

saresmoore It‘s been several years since I read this, but I remember really liking it. I think there are still some scenes from the book etched in my memory. 5y
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TCLinrow
Solaris | Stanis?aw Lem, Joanna Kilmartin, Steve Cox
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#AugustWrapUp #AugustStats
So I didn't finish any of the books I planned to read this month 😂 I started 3 of them but finished none of them... oops.
These are the ones I finished this month and I caught up on some reviews as well, so it was a good month as things go.
My favourite was Solaris, and The Girl With All the Gifts and Skulduggery were rereads.

Samplergal I plan so well, rarely do I do what is planned. It‘s not a competition, so enjoy what you read. 6y
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TCLinrow
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This story is just 🤩🤩🤩
I don't really know how to review this book other than WOW! I love a deep philosophical plot, and I do love a heavy/dark story so this kind of ticked all my boxes.
Also just as a side note the translation from Polish was brilliant - the story flowed smoothly despite English not being it's original language 😊
#BackpackEurope

2BR02B That's such a striking cover. 😍 6y
saresmoore Yes! I love this book. 6y
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Leniverse
Solaris | Stanis?aw Lem, Joanna Kilmartin, Steve Cox
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This is the book on my #SFFTBRChallenge that is the lowest rated on Goodreads. This particular translation has 3 stars (and only one rating). The most popular edition is rated 3.98 w/over 55k ratings, and other editions are higher. So it seems a bit odd to call it the lowest rated. 🤔 But I'm halfway through the book and I must say that a new Norwegian translation would be in order. I'll probably rate this 3 too, and I suspect it should be higher.

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CyaneFillion
Solaris | Stanis?aw Lem, Joanna Kilmartin, Steve Cox
Mehso-so

Overall a good book, just has a tendency to go into detail with science (?) Theories that I did not quite understand.

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tournevis
Solaris | Stanis?aw Lem, Joanna Kilmartin, Steve Cox
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1️⃣ @TricksyTails Igrec and Madame Blanchette say hi!
2️⃣ Android for me, iPhone for the rest of the family
3️⃣ No nuts, if at all possible
4️⃣ I'm reading short stories for the Jacques Brossard Prize. Most are in Revue Solaris, an excellent SFF magazine in French, that I recommend without reservation (named for the tagged book, but separate: http://www.revue-solaris.com/)
5️⃣ Fencing (yes, not kidding)
@MinDea #humpdaypost

WhatDeeReads Your fish is beautiful! I would like one eventually. (edited) 6y
Jess7 Love our #schnauzersoflitsy !! 💙💙 6y
tournevis @WhatDeeReads She has a lot of spunk! Bettas have a lot more personality that gold fish, that's for sure! 6y
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tournevis @Jess7 😍😍 6y
bentchbites Your betta‘s colors look wonderful! ❤️❤️ 6y
tournevis @bentchbites The light makes her more orange than she really is. She's Caucasian flesh coloured. Which is rarer than I thought in bettas, turns out. 6y
MinDea I have the same issue! Android for me, EVERYONE else iphone 6y
tournevis @MinDea iPhones are so much easier to secure for my lovely mundanes. I can root to my heart's desire with no fear they'll get pwned. 6y
TricksyTails Hi Igrec and Madame Blanchette! 👋😘 6y
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JenniferEgnor
Solaris | Stanis?aw Lem, Joanna Kilmartin, Steve Cox
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…Must I go on living here then, among the objects we both had touched, in the air she had breathed? In the name of what? In the hope of her return? I hoped for nothing. And yet I live in expectation. Since she had gone, that was all that remained. I did not know what achievements, what mockery, even what tortures still awaited me. I knew nothing, and I persisted in the face that the time of cruel miracles was not past.

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JenniferEgnor
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“Those are not facts, Kelvin. They are not even propositions. They are theories. You could say that it has taken account of desires locked into secret recesses of our brains. Perhaps it was sending us…presents.”
“Presents! My God!” I shook with a fit of uncontrollable laughter.

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JenniferEgnor
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Even when man had explored every corner of the cosmos, and established relations with other civilizations founded by creatures similar to ourselves, Solaris would remain an eternal challenge.

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JenniferEgnor
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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 beyond doorways that he himself has sealed.

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JenniferEgnor
Solaris | Stanis?aw Lem, Joanna Kilmartin, Steve Cox
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I put my arms around her and held her with all my strength. Nothing mattered to me except her; everything else was meaningless.

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BestDogDad
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Solaris was a different reading experience for me as I watched both movies before reading the book. The book and films are about a small group of scientists studying Solaris while on a space station above the planet.

I liked this book. The narration was excellent, he gave each of the four main characters their own distinct voice and delivery, and there was never any question who was talking. The story is slow-paced, but quite a mind bender.

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BestDogDad
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Nit pick: the stars in Orion are not grouped together in space, they just appear that way from earth; Orion wouldn't appear as it does to us earthlings as it would to a planet in another section of our galaxy, like Solaris was. So, the Orion constellation isn't a location per se. Lem should've maybe used the Orion Nebula or one of the stars, like Rigel or Betelgeuse, if he wanted to reference a specific celestial location familiar to humans.

saresmoore I think my lack of astronomy knowledge may have helped me enjoy this book. 🙃 7y
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BestDogDad
Solaris | Stanis?aw Lem, Joanna Kilmartin, Steve Cox
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Written seven years after science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard invented his religion, Scientology, which he translated to mean "the science of knowledge".

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BestDogDad
Solaris | Stanis?aw Lem, Joanna Kilmartin, Steve Cox
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My next audiobook. I need some escapism after listening to Sherman Alexie for twelve hours.

RealBooks4ever Oof! Was it Alexie's latest? 😰 7y
BestDogDad Yes! Wow, what an experience! 7y
ReadingEnvy @Notafraidofwords and I talked about the Alexie although now I can't remember if that was while recording or not... it sounds amazing and gut wrenching and I need to read it! 7y
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BestDogDad You do! If possible listen to the audiobook, which he narrates. Fantastic. 7y
Notafraidofwords @ReadingEnvy it was off recording, but my experience reading Alexie this year will not compare to anything else. Although I'm currently reading Lincoln in the Bardo and sobbing my way through it. 7y
Suet624 You are a brave man. 12 hours of Alexie. I love him and he's gut wrenching. 7y
ReadingEnvy @JeffKoeppen ah maybe my next audible credit then 7y
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BestDogDad
Solaris | Stanis?aw Lem, Joanna Kilmartin, Steve Cox
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I'm a sucker for Audible's $4.95 sales. #bookhaul

RealBooks4ever Just curious, do you listen to the audio sample before you buy? 7y
BestDogDad @RealBooks4ever I usually do, but did not for Solaris. I hope it's in English! 😳 7y
RealBooks4ever 😆😆😆 7y
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Astroneman
Solaris | Stanis?aw Lem, Joanna Kilmartin, Steve Cox
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Panpan

Not my favourite book.... #book#solaris#lem

DivaDiane Lem è difficile! (edited) 7y
Astroneman Troppo tecnico effettivamente @DivaDiane 7y
DivaDiane Eden non è così tecnico, ma lo stile è ancora difficile! 7y
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Astroneman
Solaris | Stanis?aw Lem, Joanna Kilmartin, Steve Cox

"Sense becomes obscure of only a few finite sectors of existence are considered " (Zhuang-gi)

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hlgreenfield
Solaris | Stanis?aw Lem, Joanna Kilmartin, Steve Cox
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Finally read this classic novel!! So good! Definitely understand why it's a sci to classic! Loved it. And there's one of my new bookmarks that I used while reading.

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hlgreenfield
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#bookmail yay so excited this package finally got here! I've been meaning to read Solaris for years so I'll probably check that one out first. I loved the Jeeves show with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie so it's about time I bought the books. And The paper menagerie has been recommended by so many people that I can't wait to check out this story collection! All in all a nice haul!

Sarah83 I read Jeeves right now. So gorgeous 😍 7y
hlgreenfield @Sarah83 yay. I am really looking forward to it. Especially because if I like it then there's loads more books in the collection to read 😃 7y
Sarah83 Yes indeed. But in Germany you don't get the German translations. 😣 So I hope I'll find them on a book sale. 🤗 7y
hlgreenfield @Sarah83 good luck. Hope you manage to track them down! 7y
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Janedoughnut
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We don't want to conquer the cosmos, we simply want to extend the boundaries of Earth to the frontiers of the cosmos...We need mirrors. We don't know what to do with other worlds.

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DuckOfDoom
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I own so much fantasy and science fiction that I tag all my bookshelves as #outofthisworld
So i decided for a pic of one part of my bookshelves.
My favoutites on this one are from Lem and I recently bought the sequel to The Reality Disfunction. I heard that the later book im the Expanse series are really bad, has anyone read them?

mahasoor I've read all of them. I thought the first three were the best (cuz I'm drawing a blank on the fourth but it was weaker) and the fifth book.... enh it wasn't BAD but it's not up to the standards of the initial trilogy. 7y
mahasoor ALSO OMG REALITY DYSFUNCTION I loved that series!!! 7y
mahasoor I'm so excited over your sci-fi snapshot 😹😹 7y
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DuckOfDoom @mahasoor Maybe i have to read at list book 2 and 3. I really liked the way the story turned out in the first one 7y
DuckOfDoom @mahasoor 😁 i just think that my sci-fi shelves are waaaay to small. Need more 📚 7y
mahasoor Definitely finish the horrible goop storyline, it's really great. I think the fifth book, it's trying to start a new somewhat related storyline and it just hasn't taken off yet. I'm hoping another book comes out and picks up the wow factor because the series started out so strong. 7y
mahasoor And haha definitely always need more shelves! 7y
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katiedid
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"We have no need of other worlds. We need mirrors. We don't know what to do with other worlds."

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katiedid
Solaris | Stanis?aw Lem, Joanna Kilmartin, Steve Cox

"We have no need of other worlds. We need mirrors. We don't know hat to do with other worlds."

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Gezemice
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Solaris, the living ocean, tests the boundaries of human understanding, science and philosophy. A love story, a mystery, a treatise on the philosophy of science, its similarity to theology, and the limits of knowledge, love and God. A unique novel that stands the test of time, from one of the most imaginative sci-fi writers of all time. 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Gezemice
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Currently reading. It is a library copy published in 1970. The cover just screams early seventies...

KimHM Love! that cover. 8y
Megabooks Yes, it does. In the best way. 8y
Gezemice @KimHM @Ebooksandcooks It is sixties all the way - in and out! It is good though. 8y
MrBook Oh wow, fantastic 😊! 8y
Gezemice @MrBook 🤓Thanks 8y
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Gezemice
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These are my books on my bedroom, soon to be read. My other books are on shelves - this is the only stack.

Solaris and The Mirror Cracked are library books, they will come first after I am done with Moby Dick and Homegoing - not pictured because they are e-books.

#bookstacks #augustphotochallenge #tbr #bookstack

Gezemice @MrBook Thanks :) 8y
CherylDeFranceschi Lovely stack! 8y
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Gezemice @CherylDeFranceschi Thank you! :) 8y
Leelee08 Fluke!!!❤️❤️ 8y
Gezemice @Leelee08 I got a big Moore backlog. :) 8y
Leelee08 @Gezemice Let me know what your favorite is😊 8y
Gezemice @Leelee08 I think it is a tie between The Stupidest Angel and Dirty Job. I also loved his vampire trilogy. Have not read him in a while, though - time to read him again! Thus, Fluke on the list. I was about to start it but realized tgat Moby Dick was also a whale book - so figured I wait with Fluke until done with Moby Dick. 8y
Gezemice @Leelee08 What is your favorite? 8y
Leelee08 Stupidest Angel is hilarious. Island of the Sequined Love Nun is one of my absolute favorites. Picking a favorite Christopher Moore is hard to do. Lol. I love when I find people who like him, too. It's pretty rare. 😊 8y
Gezemice @Leelee08 I have that one on my shelf, and I need to read it! Great to find another Moore fan. There are several here on Litsy, it is awesome! 8y
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Wipeoutt31
Solaris | Stanis?aw Lem, Joanna Kilmartin, Steve Cox

Prepare yourself for cerebral academic dissertations.🎓 And I loved every page of it!🙌 #MyKindofSciFi

MrBook Great quote! 8y
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We think of ourselves as Knights of the Holy Contact. This is another lie. We are seeking only Man. We have no need for other worlds. We need mirrors. We don't know what to do with other worlds. A single world, our own, suffices us; but we can't accept it for what it is.

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