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A review by kris_mccracken
Solaris by Stanisław Lem
5.0
A difficult book to pin down really. Most of the time, very little happens. Think of it as an extended Sunday afternoon in a quiet part of the Universe. Listening to the early works of Morrissey. All packaged in an extremely original structure.
It's an extended mediation on what it means to be human. Following this, it explores what it means to be alien. Most importantly, the novel asks what is it that makes humans want to understand the alien. And what the implications of that are.
One of the best I've read in a while.
It's an extended mediation on what it means to be human. Following this, it explores what it means to be alien. Most importantly, the novel asks what is it that makes humans want to understand the alien. And what the implications of that are.
One of the best I've read in a while.