Written By Stanislaw Lem

The cult-classic by Stanislaw Lem that spawned the movie has launched as an eBook.  NEW 2011 English Translation.

Until NOW the only English edition to date was a 1970 version, which was translated from a French and which Lem himself described as poor translation.  This new English translation (by Bill Johnston) of Lem's classic Solaris is available now for your Kindle, Nook and other eReaders.

When Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface, he finds a painful, hitherto unconscious memory embodied in the living physical likeness of a long-dead lover. Others examining the planet, Kelvin learns, are plagued with their own repressed and newly corporeal memories. The Solaris ocean may be a massive brain that creates these incarnate memories, though its purpose in doing so is unknown, forcing the scientists to shift the focus of their quest and wonder if they can truly understand the universe without first understanding what lies within their hearts.