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Originally Posted by Dazrin
[...]*For anyone who is interested:
Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
The original 1960s translation was from French instead of directly from Polish which was a "very poor" translation. The book is still considered a science fiction masterpiece and is on many people's "best of" lists for science fiction. There have been 3 movie versions (2 English, 1 Russian). A new translation was made around 2011 that captures the original better. Unfortunately that translation, by Bill Johnston, only appears to be available from Amazon and Audible due to some rights issues. I was unable to find the new translation at Kobo or B&N but I rarely use them so maybe someone else would have better luck? If so, I would nominate this book.
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Kobo AU doesn't even seem to have the old translation as ebook (only as audiobook). But Amazon AU has it, so at least I can get it if necessary. The book sounds vaguely familiar to me, but if I've read it it was a very long time ago.