Pros: thoughtful, intriguing story; compelling characters; amusing read Cons: heavy on sci-fi; ending disappointed me
The human mind is only capable of absorbing a few things at a time...Our faculties of perception are consequently limited even as regards fairly simple phenomenon. The fate of a single man can be rich with significance, that of a few hundred less so, ...
Pros: Original absorbing tale. Poignant love story humorous satire, wonderfully written Cons: Descriptive sections sometimes don't yield easily to extraction of the point!
Stanislaw Lem's "Solaris" is a psychological tour de force. Lem is an expert within his field....a writer who uses the medium of science fiction to illustrate the dichotomies of human life. Lem's books are often thought experiments....his ...
Pros: Highly imaginative, convincing characters and action Cons: The most interesting themes show up in the last ten pages
I finished reading Stanislaw Lem's Solaris over the weekend. It was in no way what I was expecting. The story goes like this: Kris Kelvin arrives on an exploration station that hangs a mere thousand feet above the ocean world of Solaris....
Pros: A monument to our failed antropomorphism, this awesome book is a must for anyone who appreciates writen word. Cons: A portion about the different forms that the ocean is forming can be to certain extend boring.
Stanislaw Lem is a must for every serious SF addict, but he is also highly recommended even if SF is not your genre of prefference. His clear style of a scientist (Lem is a mathematician) is mixed with certain melancholy that captivates the reader form...
I read this book after watching the Russian film version and was not disappointed.
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Both the film and the book have been compared to the cult 2001 by Arthur C Clarke. Both are sci-fi at it's most thought provoking and...
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