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Solaris

2011-07-06T14:44:22Z

Terminus:

{{Stub}}
{{infobox Book |
| name = Solaris
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = [[File:Sol-1-fixed.jpg|178px|Cover of the first edition]]
| image_caption= First edition cover
| author =
| cover_artist =
| country = Poland
| language = Polish
| series =
| genre = science fiction
| publisher = MON
| release_date = 1961
| preceded_by = [[:Category:Return from the Stars|Return from the Stars]]
| followed_by = [[:Category:Invincible, the|The Invincible]]
}}

'''''Solaris''''' is the most famous of Lem's novels. It has been reviewed many times in various countries and languages. It belongs – probably as no other Polish literary work – to the core of its genre, to the canon: this novel about contact with aliens cannot be omitted in discussions of world science fiction. Why has „Solaris” achieved this status? Probably because the book not only presents the most original vision of the alien world known to science fiction, but in the most interesting and emotional way presents the drama of cognition and its entanglement in literature, in telling stories that is so inseparable from human culture.

Along with [[Eden]], [[The Invincible]] and [[Fiasco]], Solaris is considered a part of the "quadrilogy" dealing with the impossibility of inter-species contact. It has been adapted into two feature movies, and translated to tens of languages.

== Plot summary ==

Unspecified future. A remote planet of Solaris has been discovered by humankind few dozens years ago, and has been subject to extensive research ever since. This is due to the fact, that the planet is entirely covered with ocean, which is very different from any known water reservuar. For example, it has the ability to create large solid structures, that emerge from it with no apparent reason, subsequently dissapearing without a trace. Thus, majority of Earth's scientists believe, that the Ocean is, or could be interpreted as, an intelligent lifeform.

To facilitate the research over Solarian Ocean, a space station has been placed on platet's low orbit, as an outpost for numerous scientific expeditions from Earth. However, over the decades, despite the immense growth of ''solaristics'' and tons of articles and books written, full understanding of planet's phenomenon remains out of reach. Thus, interest in the space station and Solaris itself starts to diminish, even though the number of oddities and wonders caused by the Ocean awaits unexplained. For example, a classified report by pilot Berton, who, on a routine flight over the Ocean, witnesses a bizzare set of Ocean-created tructures.
Earth sends one last scientist, psychologist Kris Kelvin, on a nearly deserted space station, inhabited now only by three remaining researchers: Snaut, Sartorius and Gibarian. Kelvin's mission is to assess crew's ability to continue the research, thus enabling any decisions of station's fate. The plot begins with Kelvin arriving on the station, only to confront that crewmembers are frightened of him for unknonwn reason, and some of them cannot be found.

As the plot unravels, Kelvin experiences the selfsame phantasmagoria his crewmates do, only to confront the unkown the Ocean is, and, as a representative of entire humankind, face the impotence of contact.

== Characters ==

* Kris Kelvin - main protagonist
* Harey - Kelvin's wife
* Snaut ("The Rat")
* Sartorius
* Gibarian
* Berton

== Background ==

== Main themes ==

== Literary significance and critical reaction ==
=== Language ===

=== Narrative style ===

== Adaptations ==

==See also==

{{clear}}

== Footnotes ==

== References ==

== External links ==
==Editions==
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category = Solaris
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Solaris

2011-07-06T14:43:37Z

Terminus:

{{Stub}}
{{infobox Book |
| name = Solaris
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = [[File:Sol-1-fixed.jpg|178px|Cover of the first edition]]
| image_caption= First edition cover
| author =
| cover_artist =
| country = Poland
| language = Polish
| series =
| genre = science fiction
| publisher = MON
| release_date = 1961
| preceded_by = [[:Category:Return from the Stars|Return from the Stars]]
| followed_by = [[:Category:Invincible, the|The Invincible]]
}}

'''''Solaris''''' is the most famous of Lem's novels. It has been reviewed many times in various countries and languages. It belongs – probably as no other Polish literary work – to the core of its genre, to the canon: this novel about contact with aliens cannot be omitted in discussions of world science fiction. Why has „Solaris” achieved this status? Probably because the book not only presents the most original vision of the alien world known to science fiction, but in the most interesting and emotional way presents the drama of cognition and its entanglement in literature, in telling stories that is so inseparable from human culture.

Along with [[Eden]], [[The Invincible]] and [[Fiasko]], Solaris is considered a part of the "quadrilogy" dealing with the impossibility of inter-species contact. It has been adapted into two feature movies, and translated to tens of languages.

== Plot summary ==

Unspecified future. A remote planet of Solaris has been discovered by humankind few dozens years ago, and has been subject to extensive research ever since. This is due to the fact, that the planet is entirely covered with ocean, which is very different from any known water reservuar. For example, it has the ability to create large solid structures, that emerge from it with no apparent reason, subsequently dissapearing without a trace. Thus, majority of Earth's scientists believe, that the Ocean is, or could be interpreted as, an intelligent lifeform.

To facilitate the research over Solarian Ocean, a space station has been placed on platet's low orbit, as an outpost for numerous scientific expeditions from Earth. However, over the decades, despite the immense growth of ''solaristics'' and tons of articles and books written, full understanding of planet's phenomenon remains out of reach. Thus, interest in the space station and Solaris itself starts to diminish, even though the number of oddities and wonders caused by the Ocean awaits unexplained. For example, a classified report by pilot Berton, who, on a routine flight over the Ocean, witnesses a bizzare set of Ocean-created tructures.
Earth sends one last scientist, psychologist Kris Kelvin, on a nearly deserted space station, inhabited now only by three remaining researchers: Snaut, Sartorius and Gibarian. Kelvin's mission is to assess crew's ability to continue the research, thus enabling any decisions of station's fate. The plot begins with Kelvin arriving on the station, only to confront that crewmembers are frightened of him for unknonwn reason, and some of them cannot be found.

As the plot unravels, Kelvin experiences the selfsame phantasmagoria his crewmates do, only to confront the unkown the Ocean is, and, as a representative of entire humankind, face the impotence of contact.

== Characters ==

* Kris Kelvin - main protagonist
* Harey - Kelvin's wife
* Snaut ("The Rat")
* Sartorius
* Gibarian
* Berton

== Background ==

== Main themes ==

== Literary significance and critical reaction ==
=== Language ===

=== Narrative style ===

== Adaptations ==

==See also==

{{clear}}

== Footnotes ==

== References ==

== External links ==
==Editions==
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File:Sol-1-fixed.jpg

2011-07-06T14:42:53Z

Terminus:

Solaris

2011-07-06T14:41:20Z

Terminus:

{{Stub}}
{{infobox Book |
| name = Solaris
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = [[File:Solaris_Polish_MON_1961_soft.jpg|178px|Cover to the first edition]]
| image_caption= First edition cover
| author =
| cover_artist =
| country = Poland
| language = Polish
| series =
| genre = science fiction
| publisher = MON
| release_date = 1961
| preceded_by = [[:Category:Return from the Stars|Return from the Stars]]
| followed_by = [[:Category:Invincible, the|The Invincible]]
}}

'''''Solaris''''' is the most famous of Lem's novels. It has been reviewed many times in various countries and languages. It belongs – probably as no other Polish literary work – to the core of its genre, to the canon: this novel about contact with aliens cannot be omitted in discussions of world science fiction. Why has „Solaris” achieved this status? Probably because the book not only presents the most original vision of the alien world known to science fiction, but in the most interesting and emotional way presents the drama of cognition and its entanglement in literature, in telling stories that is so inseparable from human culture.

Along with [[Eden]], [[The Invincible]] and [[Fiasko]], Solaris is considered a part of the "quadrilogy" dealing with the impossibility of inter-species contact. It has been adapted into two feature movies, and translated to tens of languages.

== Plot summary ==

Unspecified future. A remote planet of Solaris has been discovered by humankind few dozens years ago, and has been subject to extensive research ever since. This is due to the fact, that the planet is entirely covered with ocean, which is very different from any known water reservuar. For example, it has the ability to create large solid structures, that emerge from it with no apparent reason, subsequently dissapearing without a trace. Thus, majority of Earth's scientists believe, that the Ocean is, or could be interpreted as, an intelligent lifeform.

To facilitate the research over Solarian Ocean, a space station has been placed on platet's low orbit, as an outpost for numerous scientific expeditions from Earth. However, over the decades, despite the immense growth of ''solaristics'' and tons of articles and books written, full understanding of planet's phenomenon remains out of reach. Thus, interest in the space station and Solaris itself starts to diminish, even though the number of oddities and wonders caused by the Ocean awaits unexplained. For example, a classified report by pilot Berton, who, on a routine flight over the Ocean, witnesses a bizzare set of Ocean-created tructures.
Earth sends one last scientist, psychologist Kris Kelvin, on a nearly deserted space station, inhabited now only by three remaining researchers: Snaut, Sartorius and Gibarian. Kelvin's mission is to assess crew's ability to continue the research, thus enabling any decisions of station's fate. The plot begins with Kelvin arriving on the station, only to confront that crewmembers are frightened of him for unknonwn reason, and some of them cannot be found.

As the plot unravels, Kelvin experiences the selfsame phantasmagoria his crewmates do, only to confront the unkown the Ocean is, and, as a representative of entire humankind, face the impotence of contact.

== Characters ==

* Kris Kelvin - main protagonist
* Harey - Kelvin's wife
* Snaut ("The Rat")
* Sartorius
* Gibarian
* Berton

== Background ==

== Main themes ==

== Literary significance and critical reaction ==
=== Language ===

=== Narrative style ===

== Adaptations ==

==See also==

{{clear}}

== Footnotes ==

== References ==

== External links ==
==Editions==
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category = Solaris
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Solaris

2011-07-06T14:40:58Z

Terminus: Some new information in intro, requires a check

{{Stub}}
{{infobox Book |
| name = Solaris
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = [[File:Solaris_Polish_MON_1961_soft.jpg|178px|Cover to the first edition]]
| image_caption= First edition cover
| author =
| cover_artist =
| country = Poland
| language = Polish
| series =
| genre = science fiction
| publisher = MON
| release_date = 1961
| preceded_by = [[:Category:Return from the Stars|Return from the Stars]]
| followed_by = [[:Category:Invincible, the|The Invincible]]
}}

'''''Solaris''''' is the most famous of Lem's novels. It has been reviewed many times in various countries and languages. It belongs – probably as no other Polish literary work – to the core of its genre, to the canon: this novel about contact with aliens cannot be omitted in discussions of world science fiction. Why has „Solaris” achieved this status? Probably because the book not only presents the most original vision of the alien world known to science fiction, but in the most interesting and emotional way presents the drama of cognition and its entanglement in literature, in telling stories that is so inseparable from human culture.
Along with [[Eden]], [[The Invincible]] and [[Fiasko]], Solaris is considered a part of the "quadrilogy" dealing with the impossibility of inter-species contact. It has been adapted into two feature movies, and translated to tens of languages.

== Plot summary ==

Unspecified future. A remote planet of Solaris has been discovered by humankind few dozens years ago, and has been subject to extensive research ever since. This is due to the fact, that the planet is entirely covered with ocean, which is very different from any known water reservuar. For example, it has the ability to create large solid structures, that emerge from it with no apparent reason, subsequently dissapearing without a trace. Thus, majority of Earth's scientists believe, that the Ocean is, or could be interpreted as, an intelligent lifeform.

To facilitate the research over Solarian Ocean, a space station has been placed on platet's low orbit, as an outpost for numerous scientific expeditions from Earth. However, over the decades, despite the immense growth of ''solaristics'' and tons of articles and books written, full understanding of planet's phenomenon remains out of reach. Thus, interest in the space station and Solaris itself starts to diminish, even though the number of oddities and wonders caused by the Ocean awaits unexplained. For example, a classified report by pilot Berton, who, on a routine flight over the Ocean, witnesses a bizzare set of Ocean-created tructures.
Earth sends one last scientist, psychologist Kris Kelvin, on a nearly deserted space station, inhabited now only by three remaining researchers: Snaut, Sartorius and Gibarian. Kelvin's mission is to assess crew's ability to continue the research, thus enabling any decisions of station's fate. The plot begins with Kelvin arriving on the station, only to confront that crewmembers are frightened of him for unknonwn reason, and some of them cannot be found.

As the plot unravels, Kelvin experiences the selfsame phantasmagoria his crewmates do, only to confront the unkown the Ocean is, and, as a representative of entire humankind, face the impotence of contact.

== Characters ==

* Kris Kelvin - main protagonist
* Harey - Kelvin's wife
* Snaut ("The Rat")
* Sartorius
* Gibarian
* Berton

== Background ==

== Main themes ==

== Literary significance and critical reaction ==
=== Language ===

=== Narrative style ===

== Adaptations ==

==See also==

{{clear}}

== Footnotes ==

== References ==

== External links ==
==Editions==
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category = Solaris
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Talk:Solaris

2011-07-06T14:33:20Z

Terminus:

1. Why does the "Plot" section look "boxed"?
2. Should I extend the Plot to include spoilers?
--[[User:Terminus|Terminus]] 08:57, 29 June 2011 (CEST)

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Fixed some typography in first paragraph, please revert to older version if you feel I destroyed it:) --[[User:Terminus|Terminus]] 16:33, 6 July 2011 (CEST)

Talk:Solaris

2011-07-06T14:33:08Z

Terminus:

1. Why does the "Plot" section look "boxed"?
2. Should I extend the Plot to include spoilers?
--[[User:Terminus|Terminus]] 08:57, 29 June 2011 (CEST)
---
Fixed some typography in first paragraph, please revert to older version if you feel I destroyed it:) --[[User:Terminus|Terminus]] 16:33, 6 July 2011 (CEST)

Solaris

2011-07-06T14:31:27Z

Terminus: Fixed typos in first paragraph

{{Stub}}
{{infobox Book |
| name = Solaris
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = [[File:Solaris_Polish_MON_1961_soft.jpg|178px|Cover to the first edition]]
| image_caption= First edition cover
| author =
| cover_artist =
| country = Poland
| language = Polish
| series =
| genre = science fiction
| publisher = MON
| release_date = 1961
| preceded_by = [[:Category:Return from the Stars|Return from the Stars]]
| followed_by = [[:Category:Invincible, the|The Invincible]]
}}

'''''Solaris''''' is the most famous of Lem's novels. It has been reviewed many times in various countries and languages. It belongs – probably as no other Polish literary work – to the core of its genre, to the canon: this novel about contact with aliens cannot be omitted in discussions of world science fiction. Why has „Solaris” achieved this status? Probably because the book not only presents the most original vision of the alien world known to science fiction, but in the most interesting and emotional way presents the drama of cognition and its entanglement in literature, in telling stories that is so inseparable from human culture.

== Plot summary ==

Unspecified future. A remote planet of Solaris has been discovered by humankind few dozens years ago, and has been subject to extensive research ever since. This is due to the fact, that the planet is entirely covered with ocean, which is very different from any known water reservuar. For example, it has the ability to create large solid structures, that emerge from it with no apparent reason, subsequently dissapearing without a trace. Thus, majority of Earth's scientists believe, that the Ocean is, or could be interpreted as, an intelligent lifeform.

To facilitate the research over Solarian Ocean, a space station has been placed on platet's low orbit, as an outpost for numerous scientific expeditions from Earth. However, over the decades, despite the immense growth of ''solaristics'' and tons of articles and books written, full understanding of planet's phenomenon remains out of reach. Thus, interest in the space station and Solaris itself starts to diminish, even though the number of oddities and wonders caused by the Ocean awaits unexplained. For example, a classified report by pilot Berton, who, on a routine flight over the Ocean, witnesses a bizzare set of Ocean-created tructures.
Earth sends one last scientist, psychologist Kris Kelvin, on a nearly deserted space station, inhabited now only by three remaining researchers: Snaut, Sartorius and Gibarian. Kelvin's mission is to assess crew's ability to continue the research, thus enabling any decisions of station's fate. The plot begins with Kelvin arriving on the station, only to confront that crewmembers are frightened of him for unknonwn reason, and some of them cannot be found.

As the plot unravels, Kelvin experiences the selfsame phantasmagoria his crewmates do, only to confront the unkown the Ocean is, and, as a representative of entire humankind, face the impotence of contact.

== Characters ==

* Kris Kelvin - main protagonist
* Harey - Kelvin's wife
* Snaut ("The Rat")
* Sartorius
* Gibarian
* Berton

== Background ==

== Main themes ==

== Literary significance and critical reaction ==
=== Language ===

=== Narrative style ===

== Adaptations ==

==See also==

{{clear}}

== Footnotes ==

== References ==

== External links ==
==Editions==
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category = Solaris
</DynamicPageList>

Moloch Polish Wydawnictwo Literackie 2003

2011-06-30T14:20:23Z

Terminus: moved Moloch Polish Wydawnictwo Literackie 2003 to Moloch Polish WL 2003

#REDIRECT [[Moloch Polish WL 2003]]

Moloch Polish WL 2003

2011-06-30T14:20:23Z

Terminus: moved Moloch Polish Wydawnictwo Literackie 2003 to Moloch Polish WL 2003

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|Polish title=Moloch
|English title=Moloch
|language=Polish
|country=Poland
|place=Cracow
|publisher=Wydawnictwo Literackie
|publication date=2003
|translator=
|cover=hard
|pages=545
|ISBN=83-08-03524-8
|print-run=
|series=Dzieła zebrane (83-08-02932-9)
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Man from Mars, the Polish Wydawnictwo Literackie 2004

2011-06-30T14:19:54Z

Terminus: moved Man from Mars, the Polish Wydawnictwo Literackie 2004 to Man from Mars, the Polish WL 2004

#REDIRECT [[Man from Mars, the Polish WL 2004]]

Man from Mars Polish WL 2004

2011-06-30T14:19:54Z

Terminus: moved Man from Mars, the Polish Wydawnictwo Literackie 2004 to Man from Mars, the Polish WL 2004

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|Polish title=Człowiek z Marsa
|English title=Man from Mars, the
|language=Polish
|country=Poland
|place=Cracow
|publisher=Wydawnictwo Literackie
|publication date=2004
|translator=
|cover=hard
|pages=126
|ISBN=83-08-03560-4
|print-run=
|series=Dzieła zebrane (83-08-02932-9)
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Solaris Polish Wydawnictwo Literackie 2002

2011-06-30T14:19:09Z

Terminus: moved Solaris Polish Wydawnictwo Literackie 2002 to Solaris Polish WL 2002: Names unification

#REDIRECT [[Solaris Polish WL 2002]]

Solaris Polish WL 2002

2011-06-30T14:19:09Z

Terminus: moved Solaris Polish Wydawnictwo Literackie 2002 to Solaris Polish WL 2002: Names unification

[[file:Solaris_Polish_Wydawnictwo_Literackie_2002.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
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|Polish title=Solaris
|English title=Solaris
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|publication date=2002
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|cover=hard
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|ISBN=83-08-03188-9
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Talk:Solaris

2011-06-29T06:57:47Z

Terminus: Created page with "1. Why does the "Plot" section look "boxed"? 2. Should I extend the Plot to include spoilers? --~~~~"

1. Why does the "Plot" section look "boxed"?
2. Should I extend the Plot to include spoilers?
--[[User:Terminus|Terminus]] 08:57, 29 June 2011 (CEST)

Solaris

2011-06-29T06:56:49Z

Terminus: /* Plot summary */

{{Stub}}
{{infobox Book |
| name = Solaris
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = [[File:Solaris_Polish_MON_1961_soft.jpg|178px|Cover to the first edition]]
| image_caption= First edition cover
| author =
| cover_artist =
| country = Poland
| language = Polish
| series =
| genre = science fiction
| publisher = MON
| release_date = 1961
| preceded_by = [[:Category:Return from the Stars|Return from the Stars]]
| followed_by = [[:Category:Invincible, the|The Invincible]]
}}

'''''Solaris''''' is the most famous of Lem's novels. It had been reviewed many times in various countries and in various languages. It belongs – probably as no other Polish literary work – to the core of its genre, to the canon: a novel about contact with aliens cannot be omitted in discussions of world science fiction. Why has „Solaris” achieved this status? Probably because the book not only present the most original vision of the alien world known to science fiction, but in the most interesting and emotional way present the drama of cognition and its entanglement in literature, in telling stories that is so inseparable for human culture.

== Plot summary ==

Unspecified future. A remote planet of Solaris has been discovered by humankind few dozens years ago, and has been subject to extensive research ever since. This is due to the fact, that the planet is entirely covered with ocean, which is very different from any known water reservuar. For example, it has the ability to create large solid structures, that emerge from it with no apparent reason, subsequently dissapearing without a trace. Thus, majority of Earth's scientists believe, that the Ocean is, or could be interpreted as, an intelligent lifeform.
To facilitate the research over Solarian Ocean, a space station has been placed on platet's low orbit, as an outpost for numerous scientific expeditions from Earth. However, over the decades, despite the immense growth of ''solaristics'' and tons of articles and books written, full understanding of planet's phenomenon remains out of reach. Thus, interest in the space station and Solaris itself starts to diminish, even though the number of oddities and wonders caused by the Ocean awaits unexplained. For example, a classified report by pilot Berton, who, on a routine flight over the Ocean, witnesses a bizzare set of Ocean-created structures.
Earth sends one last scientist, psychologist Kris Kelvin, on a nearly deserted space station, inhabited now only by three remaining researchers: Snaut, Sartorius and Gibarian. Kelvin's mission is to assess crew's ability to continue the research, thus enabling any decisions of station's fate. The plot begins with Kelvin arriving on the station, only to confront that crewmembers are frightened of him for unknonwn reason, and some of them cannot be found.
As the plot unravels, Kelvin experiences the selfsame phantasmagoria his crewmates do, only to confront the unkown the Ocean is, and, as a representative of entire humankind, face the impotence of contact.

== Characters ==

* Kris Kelvin - main protagonist
* Harey - Kelvin's wife
* Snaut ("The Rat")
* Sartorius
* Gibarian
* Berton

== Background ==

== Main themes ==

== Literary significance and critical reaction ==
=== Language ===

=== Narrative style ===

== Adaptations ==

==See also==

{{clear}}

== Footnotes ==

== References ==

== External links ==
==Editions==
<DynamicPageList>
category = Solaris
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Solaris

2011-06-29T06:56:16Z

Terminus: Started to type the plot

{{Stub}}
{{infobox Book |
| name = Solaris
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = [[File:Solaris_Polish_MON_1961_soft.jpg|178px|Cover to the first edition]]
| image_caption= First edition cover
| author =
| cover_artist =
| country = Poland
| language = Polish
| series =
| genre = science fiction
| publisher = MON
| release_date = 1961
| preceded_by = [[:Category:Return from the Stars|Return from the Stars]]
| followed_by = [[:Category:Invincible, the|The Invincible]]
}}

'''''Solaris''''' is the most famous of Lem's novels. It had been reviewed many times in various countries and in various languages. It belongs – probably as no other Polish literary work – to the core of its genre, to the canon: a novel about contact with aliens cannot be omitted in discussions of world science fiction. Why has „Solaris” achieved this status? Probably because the book not only present the most original vision of the alien world known to science fiction, but in the most interesting and emotional way present the drama of cognition and its entanglement in literature, in telling stories that is so inseparable for human culture.

== Plot summary ==
Unspecified future. A remote planet of Solaris has been discovered by humankind few dozens years ago, and has been subject to extensive research ever since. This is due to the fact, that the planet is entirely covered with ocean, which is very different from any known water reservuar. For example, it has the ability to create large solid structures, that emerge from it with no apparent reason, subsequently dissapearing without a trace. Thus, majority of Earth's scientists believe, that the Ocean is, or could be interpreted as, an intelligent lifeform.
To facilitate the research over Solarian Ocean, a space station has been placed on platet's low orbit, as an outpost for numerous scientific expeditions from Earth. However, over the decades, despite the immense growth of ''solaristics'' and tons of articles and books written, full understanding of planet's phenomenon remains out of reach. Thus, interest in the space station and Solaris itself starts to diminish, even though the number of oddities and wonders caused by the Ocean awaits unexplained. For example, a classified report by pilot Berton, who, on a routine flight over the Ocean, witnesses a bizzare set of Ocean-created structures.
Earth sends one last scientist, psychologist Kris Kelvin, on a nearly deserted space station, inhabited now only by three remaining researchers: Snaut, Sartorius and Gibarian. Kelvin's mission is to assess crew's ability to continue the research, thus enabling any decisions of station's fate. The plot begins with Kelvin arriving on the station, only to confront that crewmembers are frightened of him for unknonwn reason, and some of them cannot be found.
As the plot unravels, Kelvin experiences the selfsame phantasmagoria his crewmates do, only to confront the unkown the Ocean is, and, as a representative of entire humankind, face the impotence of contact.
== Characters ==

* Kris Kelvin - main protagonist
* Harey - Kelvin's wife
* Snaut ("The Rat")
* Sartorius
* Gibarian
* Berton

== Background ==

== Main themes ==

== Literary significance and critical reaction ==
=== Language ===

=== Narrative style ===

== Adaptations ==

==See also==

{{clear}}

== Footnotes ==

== References ==

== External links ==
==Editions==
<DynamicPageList>
category = Solaris
</DynamicPageList>

Solaris

2011-06-21T15:05:25Z

Terminus:

Solaris: film 1972

2011-05-17T06:12:24Z

Terminus: More details about the movie (needs sourcing)

{{Infobox film
| name = Solaris
| image = Solyaris ussr poster.jpg
| caption = Soviet film poster
| director = [[Andrei Tarkovsky]]
| producer = Viacheslav Tarasov
| writer = '''Screenplay:''' Fridrikh Gorenshtein Andrei Tarkovsky '''Novel:''' Stanisław Lem
| starring = Natalya Bondarchuk Donatas Banionis Jüri Järvet Vladislav Dvorzhetsky Nikolai Grinko Anatoly Solonitsyn
| music = Eduard Artemyev
| cinematography = Vadim Yusov
| editing = Lyudmila Feiginova
| studio = Mosfilm
| distributor = Goodtimes Enterprises
| released = ''''France:''' {{Start date|1972|5|13}} ([[Cannes Film Festival]]) '''USSR:''' {{Start date|1973|2|5}}
| runtime = 165 minutes
| country = USSR
| language = Russia
| budget = $1,000,000 (estimated)
| gross =
}}

Solaris (Russian: "Солярис") is a 1972 film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky based on Stanislaw Lem's novel Solaris (1961). The meditative psychological drama takes place mostly aboard a space station orbiting a fictional planet.

While Stanislaw Lem's novel deals with the ultimate inadequacy of communication between human and non-human species Tarkovsky's adaptation is a “drama of grief and partial recovery” that concentrates on thoughts and consciences of scientists studying extra-terrestrial life.

Solaris features Natalya Bondarchuk (Hari), Donatas Banionis (Kris Kelvin), Jüri Järvet (Dr Snaut), Vladislav Dvorzhetsky (Henri Burton), Nikolai Grinko (Kris Kelvin’s Father), Olga Barnet (Kris Kelvin’s Mother), Anatoli Solonitsyn (Dr Sartorius), and Sos Sargsyan (Dr Gibarian); the music score was composed by Eduard Artemyev. At the 1972 Cannes Film Festival the film won the Grand Prix Spécial du Jury, the FIPRESCI prize and was nominated for the Palme d'Or.

During making of the film, Tarkovsky loosely colaborated with Lem himself. This had however quickly ended, as Lem was dissatisfied with the direction Tarkovsky was taking, notably slight changes in plot line, such as introducing Kelvin's family (As Lem famously said: "He put Kelvin's aunt in there! And he wanted to put his grandmother!"). On the other hand, Tarkovsky claimed his concept required better characteristics of Kelvin's background. Tarkovsky also complained, and actually until his death (in 1986) he claimed "Solaris" to be his worst film.

Tarkovsky's idea was to abstract ideas from "Solaris" and place the plot somewhere else (to the extent of filming it without any mention of space travel), whereas Lem wanted to follow his book.

The movie contains famous, several minutes long sequence of car travel, filmed in Japan. This material, meant to "scare ignorants out of the cinema" (in Tarkovsky's words), was filmed independently and included in final cut along with footage of one of characters. There are also other cultural references (for which Tarkovsky was renowned) such as usage of classical music, or including a reproduction of Peter Bruegel's painting "Hunters on the Snow".

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Talk:The Lem Encyclopedia

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Idea: How about changing title to "The Lem Encyclopedia - Beta version" :) ?
I'm quite serious, e.g. gmail has spent like 5 years in beta, and at least they didn't have to take any complains.
Just a thought. --[[User:Terminus|Terminus]] 10:22, 7 May 2011 (CEST)

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Talk:Time Not Lost Polish WL 1957

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Ten wpis dubluje wpis dodany przeze mnie!--[[User:Terminus|Terminus]] 13:24, 5 May 2011 (CEST)

Talk:Ananke Danish Science Fiction Cirklen 2007

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Hm, I don't get this. Should it be listed as standalone "Ananke"? After all it's just a Lem story inside some compilation, right? --[[User:Terminus|Terminus]] 11:21, 4 May 2011 (CEST)

Memoirs Found in a Bathtub Polish WL 1983

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[[file:Wanna_1983.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Cover design by Władysław Targosz.]]
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|Polish title=Pamiętnik znaleziony w wannie
|English title= Memoirs Found in a Bathtub
|language=Polish
|country=Poland
|place=Cracow
|publisher=Wydawnictwo Literackie
|publication date=1983
|translator=n/a
|cover=hard
|pages=234
|ISBN= 83-08-91022-9
|print-run=100 350
|series= Nowa Seria Dzieł
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Printed in Cracow, Wadowicka 8.
Priced 90 zlotys in 1983.

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==Ijon Tichy==

Tichy is the main character and narrator of [[:Category:Star Diaries, the|"The Star Diaries"]], [[:Category:Futurological Congress, the|"The Futurological Congress"]], [[:Category:Inspection at the Scene of a Crime|"Inspection at the Scene of a Crime"]] and [[:Category:Peace on Earth|"Peace on Earth"]]. Ijon Tichy has been one of Lem's favorite characters for more than thirty years. He does not have a family, hence he usually travells. He is frequently compared to Muenchausen and Gulliver.

===Characteristic===
Tichy is one of those of Stanislaw Lem's characters who has the habit of perceiving various societies and political panels (also inter-planetary ones) that try to define "how the world is" by established philosophical systems, ethical rules or policies. He is an experienced interstellar traveller, full of goodwill, eager to cooperate and accept others' view of reality - even if it opposes human experience. He faces the Uknown in a restraint manner, although he is sometimes scared by the situation. He tries to face the absurd with reason and his healty sceptical mind; Tichy is an ideal witness of minds' aberrations and collective madness.

(This paragraph is a loose translation of [[Jerzy Jarzębski|prof. Jerzy Jarzębski's]] from the afterword to "The Futurological Congress")

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|Polish title=Pamiętnik znaleziony w wannie
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|country=Poland
|place=Cracow
|publisher=Wydawnictwo Literackie
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|translator=n/a
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|ISBN= 83-08-91022-9
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Cover design by Władysław Targosz.

Printed in Cracow, Wadowicka 8.

Priced 90 zlotys in 1983.

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|place=Cracow
|publisher=Wydawnictwo Literackie
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Cover design by Władysław Targosz.
Printed in Cracow, Wadowicka 8.
Priced 90 zlotys in 1983.

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Creating discussion page for editions: --[[User:Terminus|Terminus]] 22:21, 1 May 2011 (CEST)

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I would like to make a feature wishlist here, for possible future. So firsly: I dunno how, but I wanna be able to sort editions by date. Finding the-oldest-solaris is pain.
--[[User:Terminus|Terminus]] 22:21, 1 May 2011 (CEST)
: Internal sorting of editions by year should work very soon. You can also try this: [[:Category:Publications_by_year|Publication by year]] --[[User:Skrzat|Skrzat]] 13:04, 3 May 2011 (CEST)

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Second thing - I don't like this statistics requiring me to scroll five screens before I get to actual editions list. I propose to move them down/somewhere_else. --[[User:Terminus|Terminus]] 00:39, 2 May 2011 (CEST)

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Great, I like new changes, thanks [[skrzat]] --[[User:Terminus|Terminus]] 13:33, 3 May 2011 (CEST)

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Starting my own talk... anyone has a message, go on.--[[User:Terminus|Terminus]] 13:32, 3 May 2011 (CEST)

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Talk:Summa Technologiae Polish WL 1974

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This time cover image is not burnt, but photo is lausy; if anyone has better please change it. --[[User:Terminus|Terminus]] 22:07, 2 May 2011 (CEST)

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|title=Summa Technologiae
|Polish title=Summa Technologiae
|English title=Summa Technologiae
|language=Polish
|country=Poland
|place=Cracow
|publisher=Wydawnictwo Literackie
|publication date=1974
|translator=n/a
|cover=hard
|pages=505
|ISBN=?
|print-run=10283
|series=--
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Cover, inlay, jacket and all other graphics by [[Daniel Mróz]].

[[File:summa2.JPG|200px|thumb|right|Cover illustration by [[Daniel Mróz]].]]

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Talk:Race of Predators Polish WL 2006

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Yeah well, so I had to put an image of my cover consumed by fire, anyone has better - please substitute it. --[[User:Terminus|Terminus]] 01:01, 2 May 2011 (CEST)

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Why did you try to burn down Lem's books? [[User:Skrzat|Skrzat]] 08:41, 2 May 2011 (CEST)

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Done:)
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No, it was an accident. I was trying to burn down myself - Lem's book was just in my pocket:) --[[User:Terminus|Terminus]] 21:55, 2 May 2011 (CEST)
@Olkapolka
Thanks Olka!

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Yeah well, so I had to put an image of my cover consumed by fire, anyone has better - please substitute it. --[[User:Terminus|Terminus]] 01:01, 2 May 2011 (CEST)

Race of Predators Polish WL 2006

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|Polish title=Rasa Drapieżców
|English title=Race of Predators, the
|language=Polish
|country=Poland
|place=Cracow
|publisher=Wydawnictwo Literackie
|publication date=2006
|translator=
|cover=soft
|pages=281
|ISBN=83-08-03890-5
|print-run=?
|series=
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Lem's short articles in collection. Cover by Przemysław Dębowski.

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Category:Titles

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a list of titles of all Stanislaw Lem's book in English - Polish:

*[[:Category:Apocrypha|Apocrypha]] - Apokryfy
*[[:Category:Astronauts|Astronauts]] - Astronauci
*[[:Category:Botched detective Story, the|Botched detective Story, the]] - Sknocony kryminał
*[[:Category:Chain of Chance, the|Chain of Chance, the]] - Katar
*[[:Category:Conversations with Lem|Conversations with Lem]] - Rozmowy z Lemem
*[[:Category:Cyberiad, the|Cyberiad, the]] - Cyberiada
*[[:Category:Darkness And Mold|Darkness And Mold]] - Ciemność i pleśń
*[[:Category:Dialogs|Dialogs]] - Dialogi
*[[:Category:Dictations|Dictations]] - Dyktanda
*[[:Category:Eden|Eden]] - Eden
*[[:Category:Fiasco|Fiasco]] - Fiasko
*[[:Category:Forties, the|Forties, the]] - Lata czterdzieste
*[[:Category:Futurological Congress, the|Futurological Congress, the]] - Kongres futurologiczny
*[[:Category:Golem XIV|Golem XIV]] - Golem XIV
*[[:Category:Highcastle|Highcastle]] - Wysoki Zamek
*[[:Category:His Master's Voice|His Master's Voice]] - Głos Pana
*[[:Category:Hospital of Transfiguration, the|Hospital of Transfiguration, the]] - Szpital Przemienienia
*[[:Category:Imaginary Magnitude|Imaginary Magnitude]] - Wielkość urojona
*[[:Category:Inspection at the Scene of the Crime|Inspection at the Scene of the Crime]] - Wizja lokalna
*[[:Category:Investigation, the|Investigation, the]] - Śledztwo
*[[:Category:Invincible, the|Invincible, the]] - Niezwyciężony
*[[:Category:Letters or the Resistance of Matter|Letters or the Resistance of Matter]] - Listy albo opór materii
*[[:Category:Library of the 21st Century|Library of the 21st Century]] - Bibioteka XXI wieku
*[[:Category:Man from Mars, the|Man from Mars, the]] - Człowiek z Marsa
*[[:Category:Magellan Nebula, the|Magellan Nebula, the]] - Obłok Magellana
*[[:Category:Mask, the|Mask, the]] - Maska
*[[:Category:Megabyte Bomb, the|Megabyte Bomb, the]] - Bomba megabitowa
*[[:Category:Memoirs Found in a Bathtub|Memoirs Found in a Bathtub]] - Pamiętnik znaleziony w wannie
*[[:Category:Moloch|Moloch]] - Moloch
*[[:Category:Mortal Engines|Mortal Engines]] - Bajki robotów
*[[:Category:My View on Literature|My View on Literature]] - Mój pogląd na literaturę
*[[:Category:Orbit Entry, the|Orbit Entry, the]] - Wejście na orbitę
*[[:Category:Peace on Earth|Peace on Earth]] - Pokój na Ziemi
*[[:Category:Perfect Vacuum, a|Perfect Vacuum, a]] - Doskonała Próżnia
*[[:Category:Philosophy of Chance, the|Philosophy of Chance, the]] - Filozofia Przypadku
*[[:Category:Provocation, the|Provocation, the]] - Prowokacja
*[[:Category:Race of Predators, the|Race of Predators, the]] - Rasa Drapieżców
*[[:Category:Return from the Stars|Return from the Stars]] - Powrót z gwiazd
*[[:Category:Riddle, the|Riddle, the]] - Zagadka
*[[:Category:Roly-poly|Roly-poly]] - Przekładaniec
*[[:Category:Science Fiction and Futurology|Science Fiction and Futurology]] - Fantastyka i futurologia
*[[:Category:Sex Wars|Sex Wars]] - Sex Wars
*[[:Category:Short Circuits|Short Circuits]] - Krótkie zwarcia
*[[:Category:Solaris|Solaris]] - Solaris
*[[:Category:Star Diaries, the|Star Diaries, the]] - Dzienniki gwiazdowe
*[[:Category:Summa Technologiae|Summa Technologiae]] - Summa Technologiae
*[[:Category:Tales of Pirx the Pilot|Tales of Pirx the Pilot]] - Opowieści o pilocie Pirxie
*[[:Category:Thus Spoke Lem|Thus Spoke Lem]] - Tako rzecze... Lem
*[[:Category:Time Not Lost|Time Not Lost]] - Czas nieutracony
*[[:Category:Wink of an Eye, the|Wink of an Eye, the]] - Okamgnienie
*[[:Category:World on the Edge, the|World on the Edge, the]] - Świat na krawędzi

Category:Fiasco

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Lem's last novel, written in 1987.

Category:Fiasco

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Lem's last novel.

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{{Editio1
|title=Fiasco
|Polish title=Fiasko
|English title=Fiasco
|language=Polish
|country=Poland
|place=Cracow
|publisher=Wydawnictwo Literackie
|publication date=1997
|translator=n/a
|cover=soft
|pages=379
|ISBN=83-08-01697-9
|print-run=100000+283
|series=--
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This is the first edition of ''Fiasco''.
Cover by Władysław Targosz.

Category talk:Editions

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