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mycorrhiza

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2025 Reading Goal

25% complete! mycorrhiza has read 3 of 12 books.

Stanisław Lem: Solaris (Polish language, 2014, Pro Auctore Wojciech Zemek)

The cult-classic by Stanislaw Lem that spawned the movie is now available for your Kindle! …

I didn't realize that this was funny before

I read the older English translation decades ago, and I only remember the basics of the plot. This feels like a well-written book, so I'm inclined to think that it's a better translation.

But this second reading also comes after I've spent time in academia, and even engaged in the study of human consciousness. I wonder how many people understand that this is a biting satire in addition to an exploration of loss and what it means to be human? I didn't before, but I do now.