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The book is about the ultimate inadequacy of communication between human and nonhuman species in probing and examining the oceanic surface of the planet solaris from a hovering research station the human scientists are, in turn, being studied by the sentient planet itself, which probes for and examines the thoughts of the. To mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of solaris, audible, in cooperation with the lem estate, has commissioned a brandnew translation, unabridged for the first time, and the first ever direct translation from the original polish to english. Solaris by stanislaw lem solaris is an amazing little novel with a colorful history. I had tried, some time ago, to read tales of pirx the pilot, but i found the first tale so mindnumbingly dull that i couldnt bring.
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