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When Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean he confronts an unconscious memory of a long-dead lover. Others examining the planet are plagued with their own memories and scientists think the ocean may be a brain that creates these memories.
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The classic sci-fi novel in a beautiful new edition.
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When Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface he is forced to confront a painful, hitherto unconscious memory embodied in the physical likeness of a long-dead lover. Others suffer from the same affliction and speculation rises among scientists that the Solaris ocean may be a massive brain that creates incarnate memories, but its purpose in doing so remains a mystery . . .
'Solaris' raises a question that has been at the heart of human experience and literature for centuries: can we truly understand the universe around us without first understanding what lies within?
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Solaris
Published by
Walker, New York, 1970
ISBN 10: 0802755267
ISBN 13: 9780802755261
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 216pp. 216pp. White cloth, black titles on spine. Some evidence of handling, and a bump to the bottom edge of the front and back boards. Upper rear corner bumped. Previous owners stamp on all three page ends. Previous owners stamp on front paste down, and previous owners name in ink on FFEP. About 25 pages show ink to text block, with the majority in the form of small check marks or question marks. No text is obscured. Dust jacket shows edgewear and missing chips to bottom of spine. Original price on front flap, obscured by separate small price sticker. Jacket presents nicely in mylar sleeve. Lems science fiction masterpiece, follows a crew of scientists on a space station research facility as they attempt to understand an extraterrestrial intelligence, which takes the form of a vast ocean on the titular alien planet. It was memorably adapted by the great Soviet filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky in 1972, and later as a 2002 film in the US, by Stephen Soderbergh. Size: Octavo. Book. Seller Inventory # 035289
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Solaris.
Seller: Lost Books, AUSTIN, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hard cover. Text in English, French. 216 p. 22 cm. Fair in fair dust jacket. Ex-library. Library stamps and labels, card pocket in front. Stains on pastedowns where jacket was previously glued, but has been neatly removed. Edge wear to jacket. in new mylar. Seller Inventory # Alibris.0016031
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Solaris
Published by
Walker & Co, 1970
ISBN 10: 0802755267
ISBN 13: 9780802755261
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Outer Print, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good hardcover in white boards. No dust jacket. First American Edition, First Printing with the correct statement on the copyright page. Ovearll an attractive copy of this scarce title. No markings to the text. Light aging to the covers with slight darkening along the spine. 216 pp. Seller Inventory # 004056
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Solaris
Published by
Walker and Company, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1970
ISBN 10: 0802755267
ISBN 13: 9780802755261
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Stuart W. Wells III, Norwalk, CT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First U.S. Edition. Dust jacket art by Jack Gaughan. Translated from the French by Joanna Kilmartin and Steve Cox. Afterword by Darko Suvin. Dust jacket has a bit of wear, chiefly at the head of the spine. Seller Inventory # 011652
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