Solarius

Author: Lem
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: The author, Lem, was born in Poland in 1921. He has published over twenty science fiction novels to date, which have been translated into more than thirty languages and are widely distributed around the world. The novel is set on a planet covered by a mysterious ocean, telling a scientific myth of humanity's pursuit of knowledge and love that transcends life and death. "Solaris" was adapted into film twice, once by the Soviet director Tarkovsky in 1970 and again by the American director Soderbergh in 2002.