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Solaris by Stanisław Lem

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Solaris Quotes
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Solaris is a science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem , published in Warsaw in 1961. English translations of the book are available as ISBN 0156837501 (1987), ISBN 0156027607 (2002), and ISBN 0571219721 (2003). The fate of a single man can be rich with...


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Solaris Information
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Solaris 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 alien...


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Film - Dienst
Solaris
02/01/2003: 1,183 words, approx. 4 pages
35 838 Solaris Solaris Scope. USA 2002 Produktion: Lightstorm Produzenten: James Cameron, Rae Sanchini, Jon Landau Regie und Buch: Steven Soderbergh, nach dem gleichnamigen Roman von Stanislaw Lem Kamera: Lteter Andrews Musik: Cliff Martinez Schnitt:...
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Sun To Offer New Solaris As `open-source' Software Strategy Change Aims At Red Hat, Novell
11/16/2004: 669 words, approx. 2 pages
It cost Sun Microsystems $5 billion to develop Solaris, a powerful computer operating system used by governments and giant corporations worldwide. But in a concession to the radical new economics of computer software, Sun will distribute the latest version of Solaris free of charge,...
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Sun Microsystems again courts startups
1/17/2007: 374 words, approx. 1 pages
In the late 1990s, Sun Microsystems Inc. promoted itself as "the dot in dot-com" _ a strategy that proved painful when the technology bubble burst.But now that venture capital is again flowing to startups _ particularly the "Web 2.0" companies that encourage video and other...
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Dell to offer Sun software in servers
11/15/2007: 305 words, approx. 1 pages
Dell Inc. has agreed to install Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Solaris operating system in some of its servers, the companies announced Wednesday, signaling Sun's latest truce with a former rival.The chief executives of both companies announced the multiyear partnership together on stage at the Oracle OpenWorld...
 


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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
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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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Solaris by Stanisław Lem

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