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Recommended science fiction books (4)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you are into science fiction here are some science fiction books from Poland for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.


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Solaris by Stanislaw Lem EN

Rating: 3.5 (6 votes)
Country: Europe / Poland flag Poland
Description:
When psychologist Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface, he finds himself confronting a painful memory embodied in the physical likeness of a past lover. Kelvin learns that he is not alone in this and that other crews examining the planet are plagued with their own repressed and newly real memories. Could it be, as Solaris scientists speculate, that the ocean may be a massive neural center creating these memories, for a reason no one can identify?

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The Cyberiad by Stanislaw Lem EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Poland flag Poland
Description:
Trurl and Klaupacius are constructor robots who try to out-invent each other. They travel to the far corners of the cosmos to take on freelance problem-solving jobs, with dire consequences for their employers. "The most completely successful of his books... here Lem comes closest to inventing a real universe" (Boston Globe). Illustrations by Daniel Mr--z. Translated by Michael Kandel.