I thought that the end of the book was very interesting. As usual it seems as Lem has left many questions un answered or open to our own interpretation. Two of those questions for me are, what is solaris? And what does it represent? I think that there are many possibilities of how these two […]
Reading Lem’s novel Solaris to me is like gazing into the night sky. So many questions arise and the only answers that come with it are the ones that you come up yourself. For example, looking up at the stars I feel small and insignificant. I question my existence and I question what’s really out there. Typical […]
In our day-to-day lives, we take our basic understanding of the world around us for granted. We intuitively assume that our mental picture of the world around us – or how we’re perceiving it – accurately depicts the world as it actually exists. As a species, we often consider the potential for our knowledge of […]
When starting to read this novel and learning about the planet Solaris it was kind of interesting learning that it was entirely made of water and nothing else. As the scientists keep learning more and more about the planet it kind of reminds me of the first encounters with the Triffids that people had. Even […]
I found it really interesting that the ship that takes Kris to Solaris is called “Prometheus.” In ancient Greek mythology, Prometheus was a god who brought fire to humans. The gods were all furious that he did this, so Zeus punished him by exiling him to earth. He was bound to a rock and had […]
I try to start every book with an open mind whether it be a romance novel or science-fiction. I’d rather be pleasantly surprised than greatly disappointed. This is the same approach I took with Solaris by Stanislaw Lem. Being a little over half done with it I am still not sure what to think. Besides the complete state of confusion I am […]
Don’t you just hate it when you are reading a book or watching a movie and by the end of both you are left with more questions than answers and you feel nothing wasn’t resolved or answered to your liking? The novel Solaris is having this affect on me and it drives me crazy, and […]
So I know we talked about this in class, but the idea really stuck with me. What if the giant baby episode in Stanislaw Lem’s Solaris, really was just a “glitch” in the ocean’s first attempts at replication? I mean obviously nothing is going to be perfect on the first try- even look at the […]
Let me preface this post by saying that I have many different feelings or opinions on the novel itself, so I have a couple things to write about. I really started out confused by a lot of the story along with everyone else for the first part and I’m only about halfway thru at this […]
There are many interesting topics to discuss that surround Stanislaw Lem’s novel, “Solaris”, but since Valentine’s day is tomorrow I have chosen to talk about love. First, let me pose you this question: What is love? The Merriam Webster dictionary website defines love as “a feeling of strong or constant affection for a person”, “attraction […]
For humans, “romantic love” between males and females is rooted in reproduction thus propagating our race. This is clearly evident when one tries to distinguish between his relationship with his wife and his best bud. Both the wife and the best bud may have similar moral value, but the main distinguishing factor is the sexual […]
While reading the first third of Stanislaw Lem’s novel Solaris, I found a couple similarities to Steven King’s novel The Shining. Though I’ve never read the book I’ve seen the movie directed by Stanley Kubrick which stars Jack Nicholson and is placed in an isolated hotel for a period of time. Both works start off […]
I’m only basing this on through page 66. As I continue to read Stanislaw Lem’s book Solaris, a question that is continually brought to mind is What does it mean to be human? What constitutes a sense of humanity in a creature. The character that brings this to mind the most is Rheya. Rheya appears […]
As we discussed in class on Tuesday, now I am beginning to understand the ambiguity that Stanislaw Lem is presenting in Solaris. For instance, the chapter titled, “The Monsters” is a perfect example behind the ambiguity of science. In this chapter, Kris finds some information on the past research of Solaris, and with this constant […]
As I started to read this book, Star Trek images came to mind. It is the only SciFi that I have really been exposed to and I do not like it. Space is a mystery that man has been trying to figure out for many years. Since it is infinite, and man does not fully […]