The new English translation of "Solaris" in e-book form will be available for $1,99 (for a few days only):

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Google

iTunes

Kobo

"This is a must-read for English-language fans of the author". [J. Carroll]

"It's a work of science fiction at its most cerebral". [Ryan Gen-Xer]

"Solaris is primarily a book of ideas, but there is also a very deep psychological undercurrent". [Iveta Kazoka]

from recent Readers' Reviews at Amazon

Match three titles of Lem's books to the three covers below.The first three participants who will get it right shall receive either: six books by Lem in Polish OR a T-shirt with Lem OR a Lem's book in a chosen language.

From the remaining participants we shall pick three at random, who'll receive analogous prizes.

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Results: February 13th at 13 PM.

Patronage:

"Timof comics" has just published a graphic novel entitled "Robot..." - an adaptation of two stories by Stanislaw Lem.  The drawings are the work of a Polish couple living in London.  The artists' previous achievements include a well-received comic adaptation of Bulgakov's "Master and Margarita".

Danuta Schejbal, a graduate of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts and a stage and costume designer of the Cherub Theatre Company adapted "The Uranium Earpieces" from Lem's "Mortal Engines".

Andrzej Klimowski, a graphic designer, illustrator, painter and creator of animations is a professor at the Royal College of Art, London. His contribution to the volume is the interpretation of the climatic story "The Sanatorium of Dr. Vliperdius" that takes place at an asylum for mentally ill.

The book was published as one of the projects of the Polish EU Presidency Cultural Program 2011 in both Polish and English.  A trailer by the artist Agata Wawryniuk and composer Szymon Orchowski is available on Vimeo:

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Half a century ago Stanislaw Lem predicted e-books in his "Return from the Stars." Now, for the first time ever, you will have the opportunity to download Lem's e-book for Amazon Kindle, iPad, etc.

The new translation of "Solaris" in electronic format should be available in the second half of December.

Telling of humanity's encounter with an alien intelligence on the planet Solaris, the 1961 novel is a cult classic, exploring the ultimate futility of attempting to communicate with extra-terrestrial life. The only English edition to date is Joanna Kilmartin and Steve Cox's 1970 version, which was translated from a French version which Lem himself described as poor.

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