Friday, December 25, 2009

Stanislaw Lem's Solaris




Today I was listening to Solaris in my BBC7 hour.It is so fantastic science fiction.It is a real scifi fantasy piece.While listening to radio music seizes and hypnotisez and takes you to solaris.Do you want to be somewhere all reality fades and gets lost.I made a little search on Stanislaw Lem.His books and biopgraphy.I had watched Solaris movie but this radio version is far better than movie.I did not watch Tarkovsky's version.I am gonna watch Tarkovsky's Solaris.I am gonna read the book .I am already excited about it.There is a life philosophy in the Solaris.The right question about it is whether it is a heaven or death? In his biography I saw that Lem chose science fiction to get himself out of communist limitations.A man writes scienfiction in communist world , an atheist.His books was translated into many languages and his books has effects on philosophical studies.If you watched Matrix (first movie) there is a life view behind it as Solaris has it stronger and ideologically.Pay attention to the conversation between Kelvin and Snaut in the first part.It puts a lot of questions to get you thinking yourself over them.


Here ist BB7's great work.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pfnj8

Episode 1
A psychologist heads to a run-down space station to see what's become of the crew - and soon finds trouble. Stars Ron Cook.

Episode 2
Psychologist Kris is falling in love with his replica wife, as his colleagues plot to destroy the planet. Stars Joanne Frogatt.



His biography on wikipedia.

His interviews.You can find how he had written Solaris.

One quote from his interview above
"The thing is that I do not possess a finished picture of the whole piece. When I led Kelvin to the Solaris station and made him see the frightened, drunken Snaut, I did not know myself what made him so anxious. I had no idea why Snaut was so afraid of a totally innocent stranger. At that time I didn't know - but soon I was to find out, because I kept on writing"




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