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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Solaris Information
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 <i>Solaris</i> is a Polish science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem (1921-2006), published in Warsaw in 1961 and probably his most famous work. The novel uses remote space exploration as a metaphor for whether the human mind will ever understand a truly...
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12/31/2006: 253 words, approx. 1 pagesPolish science-fiction author (b. Sept. 12, 1921, Lwow, Pol. [now Lviv, Ukraine ]—d. March 27, 2006, Krakow, Pol. ), wrote both traditional science fiction and dark allegorical tales that veered between humanism and despair about human limitations. His best-known novel was Cannes Festival in 1972;... summary from source:
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Literary Criticism
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 Manfred Geier
12,917 words, approx. 43 pages
 In the following essay, Geier analyzes the mechanisms of meaning offered by the ocean in Stanislaw Lem's science fiction novel Solaris.
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Critical Essay by Manfred Geier
12,835 words, approx. 43 pages
In the following essay, Geier examines Lem's fictional ocean in Solaris as a model for understanding how imaginary conceptions and phenomena are given linguistic reality in science fiction writing.
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Critical Essay by Carl Tighe
10,341 words, approx. 35 pages
In the following essay, Tighe examines the social and literary context of Lem's fiction and publishing history in communist Poland, drawing attention to his sociopolitical concerns, particularly in Solaris. Tighe also addresses the impact of censorship on Lem's interest in closed information systems.
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