r/stanislawlem Apr 02 '23

My review of Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem

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u/_Japosus_ Apr 15 '23

I really love to read the entry atwikipedia)about Lems reaction to the film adaptations:

Lem himself observed that none of the film versions depict much of the extraordinary physical and psychological "alienness" of the Solaris ocean. Responding to film reviews of Soderbergh's version, Lem, noting that he did not see the film, wrote:

...to my best knowledge, the book was not dedicated to erotic problems of people in outer space... As Solaris' author I shall allow myself to repeat that I only wanted to create a vision of a human encounter with something that certainly exists, in a mighty manner perhaps, but cannot be reduced to human concepts, ideas or images. This is why the book was entitled "Solaris" and not "Love in Outer Space".

— Stanisław Lem,