New translation of Stanislaw Lem's Solaris down to $1.99

garygibsonsf · 06-25-2012, 10:17 PM

Until recently, the only available translation of Solaris, of which a movie was made by the acclaimed Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky (and which some regard as the Russian '2001'), was a purportedly terrible dual translation from a French edition of the book, rather than the original Polish. This new ebook edition is a new translation direct from the source material, as detailed here in an article in the Guardian newspaper last year:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011...lation-solaris

It just showed up from EreaderIQ as having dropped to $1.99 in the US, and £1.30 in the UK, which is pretty good for a book regarded as a bona fide classic of sf. Link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006JWE0MC

koland · 06-26-2012, 01:15 AM

affiliate tags in link.

NightBird · 06-26-2012, 04:04 AM

I picked up this one.

Thanks for posting about it.

sufue · 06-26-2012, 12:54 PM

Thanks! I don't read much sci-fi, but do like some classic stuff, so I picked it up to try.

It's also available for $1.99 at BN in the US.

(hopefully affiliate link free, since I typed in www.barnesandnoble.com by hand and went from there)

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sola...=2940013815117

06-25-2012, 10:17 PM	#1
garygibsonsf Addict Posts: 321 Karma: 432192 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite	New translation of Stanislaw Lem's Solaris down to $1.99 Until recently, the only available translation of Solaris, of which a movie was made by the acclaimed Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky (and which some regard as the Russian '2001'), was a purportedly terrible dual translation from a French edition of the book, rather than the original Polish. This new ebook edition is a new translation direct from the source material, as detailed here in an article in the Guardian newspaper last year: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011...lation-solaris It just showed up from EreaderIQ as having dropped to $1.99 in the US, and £1.30 in the UK, which is pretty good for a book regarded as a bona fide classic of sf. Link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006JWE0MC Last edited by dreams; 06-26-2012 at 12:18 AM. Reason: clean link

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06-26-2012, 01:15 AM	#2
koland Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,560 Karma: 8033155 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: TN, USA Device: kindle(all), nook, nookcolor, Sony, Kobo, epic, iphone, iPad, pc	affiliate tags in link.

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NightBird Wizard Posts: 2,364 Karma: 3724797 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: California Device: KPW, KF, KF HD, iPod Touch	I picked up this one. Thanks for posting about it.

06-26-2012, 12:54 PM	#4
sufue lost in my e-reader... Posts: 7,537 Karma: 52440304 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: sunny southern California, USA Device: Android phone, Sony T1, Nook ST Glowlight, Galaxy Tab 7 Plus	Thanks! I don't read much sci-fi, but do like some classic stuff, so I picked it up to try. It's also available for $1.99 at BN in the US. (hopefully affiliate link free, since I typed in www.barnesandnoble.com by hand and went from there) http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sola...=2940013815117

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