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Easton Press, Stanislaw Lem "Solaris" Leather Bound Limited Edition w/Notes [Very Fine]
Easton Press, Stanislaw Lem "Solaris" Leather Bound Limited Edition w/Notes [Very Fine]
Easton Press, Stanislaw Lem "Solaris" Leather Bound Limited Edition w/Notes [Very Fine]
Stanislaw Lem "Solaris" Leather Bound Limited Edition w/Notes [Very Fine]
Stanislaw Lem "Solaris" Leather Bound Limited Edition w/Notes [Very Fine]
Stanislaw Lem "Solaris" Leather Bound Limited Edition w/Notes [Very Fine]
Easton Press, Stanislaw Lem "Solaris" Leather Bound Limited Edition w/Notes [Very Fine] Easton Press, Stanislaw Lem "Solaris" Leather Bound Limited Edition w/Notes [Very Fine] Stanislaw Lem "Solaris" Leather Bound Limited Edition w/Notes [Very Fine] Stanislaw Lem "Solaris" Leather Bound Limited Edition w/Notes [Very Fine] Stanislaw Lem "Solaris" Leather Bound Limited Edition w/Notes [Very Fine]

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A rare science fiction collector's edition produced by Easton Press.

THE MASTERPIECES OF SCIENCE FICTION SERIES

  • Easton Press (Full genuine leather)
  • Translated from the French by Joanna Kilmartin and Steeve Cox
  • Introduction by George Zebrowski
  • Frontispiece by Bob Eggleton
  • Includes original collector's notes as issued.
  • Very Fine . Unread with square and tight spine.

 

Stanislaw Lem is the most widely translated and best known science fiction author writing outside of the English language. Winner of the Kafka Prize, he is a contributor to many magazines, including the New Yorker, and he is the author of numerous works, including Solaris.


About the book

Solaris is a 1961 Polish philosophical science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem. The book centers upon the themes of the nature of human memory, experience and the ultimate inadequacy of communication between human and non-human species.

In probing and examining the oceanic surface of the planet Solaris from a hovering research station the human scientists are, in turn, being studied by the sentient planet itself, which probes for and examines the thoughts of the human beings who are analyzing it. Solaris has the ability to manifest their secret, guilty concerns in human form, for each scientist to personally confront.

 

Solaris is one of Lem’s philosophic explorations of man’s anthropomorphic limitations. First published in Warsaw in 1961, the 1970 Polish-to-French-to-English translation of Solaris is the best-known of Lem's English-translated works.

 

Features

Includes all the classic Easton Press qualities:

* Premium Leather
* Silk Moire Endleaves
* Distinctive Cover Design
* Hubbed Spine, Accented in Real 22KT Gold
* Satin Ribbon Page Marker
* Gilded Page Edges
* Long-lasting, High Quality Acid-neutral Paper
* Smyth-sewn Pages for Strength and Durability
* Beautiful Illustrations

 

About the author

Stanisław Herman Lem (12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer of science fiction and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical and humorous character. Lem's books have been translated into more than 50 languages and have sold more than 45 million copies. Worldwide, he is best known as the author of the 1961 novel Solaris. In 1976 Theodore Sturgeon wrote that Lem was the most widely read science fiction writer in the world.

Lem is the author of the fundamental philosophical work "Summa Technologiae", in which he anticipated the creation of virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and also developed the ideas of human autoevolution, the creation of artificial worlds, and many others. Lem's science fiction works explore philosophical themes through speculations on technology, the nature of intelligence, the impossibility of communication with and understanding of alien intelligence, despair about human limitations, and humanity's place in the universe. His essays and philosophical books cover these and many other topics.

Translating his works is difficult due to Lem's elaborate neologisms and idiomatic wordplay. The Polish Parliament declared 2021 Stanisław Lem Year.

 

VERY FINE GUARANTEED. The condition is of the highest quality without any discernible flaws. The corners are sharp and the gilded pages are without any marks, scratches, etc. A wonderful bright clean copy. Unread book with tight binding.
Publisher:
Easton Press
Edition:
Limited Edition
Binding:
Full genuine leather
Author:
Stanislaw Lem
Title:
Solaris
Illustrator:
Bob Eggleton