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That’s fascinating. Your take has definitely piqued my interest.
Thank you, Noor. I’m glad the reflection resonated with you. Solaris is one of those rare works that continues to unfold long after the final page—less through answers than through the questions it leaves quietly echoing. I appreciate you taking the time to engage with it.
Unfortunately, serious sci-fi like Lem’s has fallen out of fashion to dragons and superheroes. You only feel the loss after reading a book like this.
I agree with you, Peter. Works like Lem’s remind us that science fiction once dared to slow down and ask questions that had no clear answers. Perhaps what has faded is not the genre itself, but our collective patience for uncertainty. Reading Solaris feels like rediscovering a forgotten language—one that speaks quietly, but lingers long after the noise has passed.
Many thanks, Raphael: Tarkovsky's film is one of the great accomplishments of cinema. i can't wait to get to Lem.
Thank you, Julio. Tarkovsky’s film is indeed a remarkable achievement—one that transforms Lem’s ideas into a deeply visual and meditative experience. Reading Lem afterward feels like entering the same landscape from a different path: quieter, more internal, and no less haunting. I hope you enjoy that journey.
Whilst Tarkovsky’s Solaris was and remains to be an incredible cinematic experience, it is quite removed from the core of the novel. So much so, Lem was super critical of the final product and referred to Tarkovsky as an idiot after meeting him in Moscow. It's easy to see why he was so irritated with people for ignoring the subject of the sentient ocean in favour of psychoanalysing human relationships.
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That’s fascinating. Your take has definitely piqued my interest.
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Thank you, Noor. I’m glad the reflection resonated with you. Solaris is one of those rare works that continues to unfold long after the final page—less through answers than through the questions it leaves quietly echoing. I appreciate you taking the time to engage with it.
Unfortunately, serious sci-fi like Lem’s has fallen out of fashion to dragons and superheroes. You only feel the loss after reading a book like this.
I agree with you, Peter. Works like Lem’s remind us that science fiction once dared to slow down and ask questions that had no clear answers. Perhaps what has faded is not the genre itself, but our collective patience for uncertainty. Reading Solaris feels like rediscovering a forgotten language—one that speaks quietly, but lingers long after the noise has passed.
Many thanks, Raphael: Tarkovsky's film is one of the great accomplishments of cinema. i can't wait to get to Lem.
Thank you, Julio. Tarkovsky’s film is indeed a remarkable achievement—one that transforms Lem’s ideas into a deeply visual and meditative experience. Reading Lem afterward feels like entering the same landscape from a different path: quieter, more internal, and no less haunting. I hope you enjoy that journey.
Whilst Tarkovsky’s Solaris was and remains to be an incredible cinematic experience, it is quite removed from the core of the novel. So much so, Lem was super critical of the final product and referred to Tarkovsky as an idiot after meeting him in Moscow. It's easy to see why he was so irritated with people for ignoring the subject of the sentient ocean in favour of psychoanalysing human relationships.
