Šajā iknedēļas rakstā iekļūst trīs grāmatu vāku bildes, kuras man šķitušas interesantas un foršas jeb spridzīgas, vai vienkārši neparastas. Ideja radās aplūkojot LE BELLE blogu.
Jordanna Max Brodsky – The Immortals (Olympus Bound #1)
Natalie Blitt – The Distance from A to Z
Roshani Chokshi – The Vishakanya’s Choice
Grāmatas apraksts no Goodreads/Synopsis from Goodreads:
From the creators of the wildly popular Welcome to Night Valepodcast comes an imaginative mystery of appearances and disappearances that is also a poignant look at the ways in which we all struggle to find ourselves…no matter where we live.
Located in a nameless desert somewhere in the great American Southwest, Night Vale is a small town where ghosts, angels, aliens, and government conspiracies are all commonplace parts of everyday life. It is here that the lives of two women, with two mysteries, will converge.
Nineteen-year-old Night Vale pawn shop owner Jackie Fierro is given a paper marked “King City” by a mysterious man in a tan jacket holding a deer skin suitcase. Everything about him and his paper unsettles her, especially the fact that she can’t seem to get the paper to leave her hand, and that no one who meets this man can remember anything about him. Jackie is determined to uncover the mystery of King City and the man in the tan jacket before she herself unravels.
Night Vale PTA treasurer Diane Crayton’s son, Josh, is moody and also a shape shifter. And lately Diane’s started to see her son’s father everywhere she goes, looking the same as the day he left years earlier, when they were both teenagers. Josh, looking different every time Diane sees him, shows a stronger and stronger interest in his estranged father, leading to a disaster Diane can see coming, even as she is helpless to prevent it.
Diane’s search to reconnect with her son and Jackie’s search for her former routine life collide as they find themselves coming back to two words: “King City”. It is King City that holds the key to both of their mysteries, and their futures…if they can ever find it.
Izdevniecība/Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Kā tiku pie šīs grāmatas?/How I got this book?
Lejuplādēju no www.
Vērtējums/Rating: 4.25/5
Mana recenzija (pārdomas)/My (thoughts) review
Džekija vada lombardu, kur par katru preci viņa piedāvā $11 vai arī kaut ko neparastāku. Džekija ir tāda sajūta, ka viņa lombardu būtu vadījusi jau vairākas desmitgades, ja ne gadsimtu vismaz, bet tajā pašā laikā viņai ir vien 19 gadu. Kamēr Džekijas draudzenes noveco, viņa uz jautājumu, vai nav ienācis prātā palikt 20 gadus vecai, tikai sabožas. Laiks Night Vale pilsētā tiešām rit savādāk. Lietas kļūst vēl dīvainākas, kad vīrs vārdā Evans, kuru gandrīz visi pēcāk nespēj atcerēties, iedod Džekijai lapiņu ar diviem vārdiem uz tās – King City. Lai ko Džekija darītu, metot prom, cik vien tālu prom vai kā, lapiņa momentā ir atpakaļ viņai plaukstā.
Arī Diāna sāk mēģināt noskaidrot vairāk par noslēpumaino King City, bet Diānas iemesli ir atšķirīgi. Viņa sāk visur redzēt sava dēla šeipšiftera Džoša tēvu Troju, kurš pameta dēlu un draudzeni īsi pēc puikas dzimšanas, bet jebkuri mēģinājumi, viņu apstādināt un aprunāties, cieš neveiksmi. Mātes un dēla attiecības nevar saukt par īpaši labām, un var vien just līdzi Diānai, kad Džošs aizvien vairāk jautā par tēvu.
Džekijas un Diānas ceļi sāk arvien biežāk krustoties, līdz abas vienojas apvienot spēkus savos centienos gan saprast, kas ir King City, gan tur nokļūt. Varbūt šķitīs dīvaini, bet es starp abām pilsētām labāk izvēlētos Night Vale, vismaz, kamēr Karaļpilsētā atrodas Trojs (viena persona, vairāki es; personības dubultošanās fiziski :D).
Welcome to Night Vale brīžiem ir gan komfortabls bezsakars, gan dažu šermuļu uzdzenošs. Vieta, kur būt par internu radio stacijā vai bibliotēkas apmeklēšana, biežāk beidzas ar nāvi. Ja izkļūsti no bibliotēkas laukā dzīvs, pavisam droši vari saukt sevi par veiksminieku. Ja kāds apgalvo, ka jums ir migrēna, bet galva nesāp, pārbaudiet, vai jums uz kakla nav skorpions! Kā arī lūdzu neignorējiet bezsejas večiņu savos bēniņos! :D Ja ieraugot rozā plastmasas flamingo, NEKĀDĀ gadījumā neskarieties klāt!
Sākumā, kamēr pieradu pie rakstības un izteiksmes stila, palīdzēja Sesila radio šova iestarpinājumi; tie ļāva atcerēties podcast sajūtu. Varētu teikt, ka tie no grāmatas patika gandrīz vislabāk, bet jau tā būtu atšķirīga grāmata, vai tikpat labi jāatsāk klausīties audio versija. Ja par Welcome to Night Vale nekas nav dzirdēts, iesaku noklausīties pāris epizodes, un, ja patīk, tad droši var ķerties klāt pie grāmatas versijas.
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Jackie Fierro runs a pawn shop where for everything she offers the same price $11 or something less usual. Jackie has a feeling that she has been in charge of shop for decades if not even a good century but at the same time Jackie is only 19 years old. While Jackie’s friends are getting older she always shrugs off the question of when she will just turn twenty. The time in Night Vale really goes differently. Things get more strange when a man possibly named Evan, that most after seeing him can’t remember, gives her a paper with two words on it – King City. Whatever Jackie would do, throw it away as far as she can or anything else, the paper always returns in her hand.
Another person trying to find out more about King City is Diane Crayton, but for Diane the reasons differ. Diane one day starts to see her shapeshifting son Josh’s father Troy, who left them soon after he was born, but every time Diane wants to stop him and talk to him, he manages to get away. The relationship between mother and son cannot be called as something very good, and you can sympathize with the mother when Josh starts to ask questions more and more about his father.
After few time running into each other Jackie and Diane decide to team up in both – trying to understand what is King City and trying to get there. It might sound weird but if I had to choose where to live between Night Vale and King City, I would choose Night Vale. At least while Troy is at King City; one man with many I, literally a split personalities.
Welcome to Night Vale sometimes is comfortable nonsense combined with alien nonsense. A place where being an intern at the radio station or going to library can end up with your death. If you get out of a library alive you definitely can consider yourself a very lucky person. If someone says that you have a migraine, but your head doesn’t hurt, check your neck, you might find a scorpion! Also, please don’t ignore the faceless lady in the attick! :D And, whatever you do, DON’T touch pink plastic flamingoes!
It took me a while to get used to the style of writing and language, and the parts with Cecil and his radio show really helped; reminded me the podcast. I could say that those parts are one of the best thing in the whole book but it’s good that it’s not all the time because that would be a different book, better to restart listening to podcast. If you haven’t heard anything about Welcome to Night Vale I would recommend to listen to few episodes before reading this book.
And, of course, all hail the mighty Glow Cloud!
Grāmatas apraksts no Goodreads/Synopsis from Goodreads:
Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen. At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of committed science student Victor Frankenstein. Obsessed with discovering the cause of generation and life and bestowing animation upon lifeless matter, Frankenstein assembles a human being from stolen body parts but; upon bringing it to life, he recoils in horror at the creature’s hideousness. Tormented by isolation and loneliness, the once-innocent creature turns to evil and unleashes a campaign of murderous revenge against his creator, Frankenstein.
Frankenstein, an instant best-seller and an important ancestor of both the horror and science fiction genres, not only tells a terrifying story, but also raises profound, disturbing questions about the very nature of life and the place of humankind within the cosmos: What does it mean to be human? What responsibilities do we have to each other? How far can we go in tampering with Nature? In our age, filled with news of organ donation genetic engineering, and bio-terrorism, these questions are more relevant than ever.
Kā tiku pie šīs grāmatas?/How I got this book?
Lejuplādēju no www. Izvēlējos no Top 100 Sci-Fi Books grāmatu listes.
Vērtējums/Rating: 3.25/5
Mana recenzija (pārdomas)/My (thoughts) review
Beidzot saņēmos un noklausījos Frankenšteinu, pēc tam, kad bija redzēta ļoti laba teātra izrāde (mūzika vienkārši super!). Šķiet, man pagadījusies stipri saīsināta audio grāmatas versija, tāpēc, jāsaka godīgi, ka skaidrības un saprašanas par notiekošo būtu mazāka, bez jau pieminētās izrādes. Tādēļ laikam atvadīšanās no literārā Frankenšteina nesanāks, un vajadzēs šo darbu kaut kad izlasīt.
Tātad Viktors Frankenšteins tik ļoti vēlējās noskaidrot, kas ir dzīvības pamatā un atšķir mirušo no dzīvā, ka cītīgi nodevās medicīnas studēšanai un eksperimentiem. Diemžēl uzreiz pēc Radījuma atdzīvināšanas, Viktoru pārņem drausmīgas sajūtas par izdarīto un sevis radītā neglītumu, riebums pret to, bet, ko tad var gribēt, ja Radījums salikts no vairāku cilvēku ķermeņa daļām, nevis atdzīvināts viens vesels.
Protams, var ieslīgt tēmā, ka cilvēkiem nepatīk atšķirīgais un viņi nekautrējas uzbrukt tiem, kuri izceļas, izlec starp pārējiem vai ‘’normas’’, kas Radījuma gadījumā izraisa ļoti agresīvu pretreakciju. Noteikti tāda reakcija nav vienīgā iespējamā; tā vietā, lai atriebtos kādam, cits varbūt izšķirtos nodarīt pāri sev, vai pilnībā noslēgtos no apkārtējās pasaules.
Bez šaubām priekš sava laika pat ļoti labs darbs, no kura citi vēlāk smēlušies iedvesmu. Varētu pat teikt, ka Radījums ir tāds staigājošais mironis/zombijs.
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Finally I pushed myself to listen Frankenstein after I had seen the theatre play (music was fantastic!). I guess my audio book’s copy is a much shortened version of the book itself, so without seeing the mentioned play I think it would be harder for me to make sense of what did happen. Therefore I can’t say goodbye to Frankenstein yet!
So Victor Frankenstein wanted to find out what makes life and what detaches a dead thing from a living person that he dedicated himself to studying medicine and experiments. Unfortunately immediately after reviving the Creature Victor feels horribly about what he has done, the ugliness of it and feels disgusted, but what can you wish for if you put the Creature together from many human parts instead of reviving a whole person.
Of course you can discuss how people don’t like everything that’s different and that’s why they attack to those who stand out or aren’t the ‘’norm’’, which in the Creatures case creates a very aggressive opposite reaction. Definitely someone else instead of revenge might react by closing of from others and the world, or even hurting themselves.
Without doubt to its time this book is very good from which others later have inspired from. You might say that the Creature could be a living dead/zombie.
Pirmdienas teikums ir mana versija par Bonespark~ “Sunday Sentence”, kurā tiek izcelts teikums no tā, kas iepriekš izlasīts.
Five thousand dollars was a lot of money, especially now the majority of the population was living on only pennies a day.
Arthur Nsenga, Shaunakay Francis
Izlasīju, lasu, lasīšu jeb Read, Reading, To Read katru svētdienu būs tāds kā iknedēļas kopsavilkums, kā arī, ko lasu un klausos dotajā brīdī, un, kas plānojas tālāk. Ideja rakstam no aizņemta EMSVIEW.
Izlasīju:
Arthur Nsenga, Shaunakay Francis – The Sabbath
Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples – Saga, Volume 1
The Brave and the Bold » The Brave and the Bold #31 – Cave Carson Adventures: Inside Earth released by DC Comics on September 1, 1960.
Trīs zinātnieku komanda tiek izsaukta, kad neizskaidrojamu iemeslu dēļ vairākās pilsētās iegrūst zeme un dažādi objekti līdz ar tiem. Tāpēc īpašā automobilī viņi dodas zemes dzīlēs. Salīdzinoši ar iepriekšējiem izdevumiem mazāk absurdu situāciju, bet tik un tā viss par labu galvenajiem varoņiem.
Noklausījos:
Robert A. Heinlein – The Door Into Summer
Stanislaw Lem – Solaris
Madeleine L’Engle – A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet #1, Kairos #1)
Lasu:
Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor – Welcome to Night Vale
Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples – Saga, Volume 2
Klausos:
Mary Shelley – Frankenstein
Lasīšu:
Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples – Saga, Volume 3
Richard Abbott – Far from the Spaceports
Klausīšos:
Neal Stephenson – The Diamond Age: or, A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer
Ko labu nedēļas laikā esi izlasījis Tu? : )
Grāmatas apraksts no Goodreads/Synopsis from Goodreads:
It is 1970, and electronics engineer Dan Davis has finally made the invention of a lifetime: a household robot with extraordinary abilities, destined to dramatically change the landscape of everyday routine. Then, with wild success just within reach, Dan’s greedy partner and even greedier fiancée steal his work and leave him penniless, and trick him into taking the long sleep—suspended animation for thirty years.
They never imagine that the future time in which Dan awakens has a very limited form of time travel, just enough that Davis can travel back and recover his research. He then again undergoes suspended animation, and awakens again in the high-tech future of the year 2000, with his reputation, fortune, and his sweetheart.
Izdevniecība/Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Kā tiku pie šīs grāmatas?/How I got this book?
Lejuplādēju no www. Izvēlējos no Top 100 Sci-Fi Books grāmatu listes.
Vērtējums/Rating: 3.5/5
Mana recenzija (pārdomas)/My (thoughts) review
Dens Deiviss izgudro robotu, kas katrai mājsaimniece būtu kā sapņu piepildījums, bet viss saiet grīstē, kad viņu piekrāpj topošā līgava un biznesa partneris, bet vēl trakāk, ka pirms tam Dens bija viņai uzdāvinājis uzņēmuma akcijas, tā zaudējot balsu vairākumu. Kopā abi neģēļi dabū gatavu, ka Dens pārdomā un tomēr izvēlas doties 30 gadu garā miegā.
Jāatzīmē, ka 30 gadu tālā nākotne Denam ir 2000.gads. Autora iedomātajā pasaulē sastopamas tehnoloģijas, kuras pat mēs diez vai ieraudzītu pēc 30 gadiem. Tomēr, par laimi Denam, viss nav zaudēts, jo savos pirmsākumos ir patiesa ceļošana laikā, nevis vienkārši ilgāks miegs : ). Lielākais mīnuss – vēl nav iespējams kontrolēt, kurā virzienā tiksi nosūtīts, bet pluss, ir iespējams iestatīt precīzu laiku līdz nedēļai.
Bez Dena no atzīmējamiem tēliem noteikti var minēt kaķi Pītu. Kas atšķirībā no sava kolēģa grafiskajā Sāgā ir mazāks izmēros, bet vārdu apjoms gan plašāks.
Kopumā sižets labs, un pozitīvi, ka autors iztiek bez ierastajām ērmībām
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Dan Davis invents a robot that is a dream to every housewife but everything goes haywire when his fiancée and business partner cheats him not only with their relationship but also in the business. It’s even more bad because not long ago Dan gifted her some of firm’s stock and in so loosing the majority. Together both of them use dirty tricks to change Dan’s mind so he would use long sleep technology to wake up after 30 years.
I should add that when he wakes up the year is 2000, and that some technologies imagined by the author probably still won’t be around us after 30 years more. But luckily for Dan not everything is lost because the real time travel is in its beginning not just a long sleep. Only it has one big drawback, you can’t control if you’re going to end up in the future or past, but one the plus side you can choose a precise time.
Besides Dan another memorable character was a cat Pete. It’s funny that I just started Saga with another noticeable cat. Pete’s size matches a normal house cat, but his word count is a bit larger. : )
Overall the plot was good, and positively Heinlein manages to write this one without usual oddities.
Grāmatas apraksts no Goodreads/Synopsis from Goodreads:
When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe.
From bestselling writer Brian K. Vaughan, Saga is the sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the worlds. Fantasy and science fiction are wed like never before in this sexy, subversive drama for adults.
Kā tiku pie šīs grāmatas?/How I got this book?
Lejuplādēju no www.
Vērtējums/Rating: 4/5
Mana recenzija (pārdomas)/My (thoughts) review
Marko un Alana kopā ar jaundzimušo meitu Heizelu bēg no kara starp divām rasēm/planētu un tās mēnesi. Katrs ir no savas rases, un vienkāršojot Marko ar ragiem un Alana ar spārniem, tāpēc abu savienība ir skandaloza un katra puse vēlas viņus mirušus.
Patika meitas Heizelas nelielie komentāri, šķiet attiecībā pret notikumiem no vēlāka laika. Būs jāpierod, ka tās pašas nodaļas ietvaros mainās skatpunkts.
Neiztrūkst arī pāris dīvainību, kā roboti ar TV ekrāniem galvu vietā, algotās slepkavas The Will palīgs kaķis, kas spēj atšķirt melus, planētas Sextillion iemītnieces tikai ar milzu galvām un garām kājām, mežs, kurā aug raķetes u.c.
Cerams, nākamajos voljumos būs vairāk pastāstīts par plašo karu, kur citām rasēm vienīgā izvēle ir, kurā pusē nostāties. Daži atvērumi ir bauda acīm. : )
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Marko and Alana together with their newborn daughter Hazel are running away from the war between two races/the planet and its moon. Each of them is from an opposite side and simplifying things Marco has horns and Alana has wings, which means that their relationship is very scandalous and each side wants them dead.
I liked the little side comments from Hazel, obviously from future. What I will have to get used to is that the POV in the same chapter changes.
You get plenty of weird stuff in Saga like robots with TV screens as heads, THE Lying Cat an assassins sidekick that can only say lying if someone does that, prostitutes on the Sextillion planet only with giant heads and longs, a forest in which rockets are growing etc.
Hopefully in the next volumes there will be more about the war in which the only choice for other races is to choose sides. Few pages were a just amazing! : )
Šajā iknedēļas rakstā iekļūst trīs grāmatu vāku bildes, kuras man šķitušas interesantas un foršas jeb spridzīgas, vai vienkārši neparastas. Ideja radās aplūkojot LE BELLE blogu.
Susan Slater – Hair of the Dog (Dan Mahoney #3)
Echo Shea – A Tinfoil Hat of My Own: A Tale of Friendship, Bikers, and Werewolves
D.V. Berkom – Cargo (Leine Basso Thriller #4)
Grāmatas apraksts no Goodreads/Synopsis from Goodreads:
It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger.
“Wild nights are my glory,” the unearthly stranger told them. “I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me be on my way. Speaking of way, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract”.
Meg’s father had been experimenting with this fifth dimension of time travel when he mysteriously disappeared. Now the time has come for Meg, her friend Calvin, and Charles Wallace to rescue him. But can they outwit the forces of evil they will encounter on their heart-stopping journey through space?
Izdevniecība/Publisher: Listening Library
Kā tiku pie šīs grāmatas?/How I got this book?
Lejuplādēju no www. Izvēlējos no Top 100 Sci-Fi Books grāmatu listes.
Vērtējums/Rating: 4.25/5
Mana recenzija (pārdomas)/My (thoughts) review
Patika autores ievadvārdi pirms stāsta, kura pati to arī ierunājusi un pat ļoti labi, atzīmējot īsi par bērnu grāmatas izdošanas grūtībām gan tāpēc, ka bērni ko tādu nesaprastu, gan tādēļ, ka tas atšķīries no viņas iepriekšējiem darbiem. Par to, cik ļoti atšķiras vēl nemācēšu spriest, bet kopumā patika. Par labu nāca arī Whatsit tēla balss efekti. : )
Tātad Megas un Čārlza tēvs kopš abu mazotnes pazudis, un ģimenei doti vien skopi paskaidrojumi. Kādā vējainā naktī, kurā neviens nespētu aizmigt, aizsākas ne vien tēva glābšanas operācija, bet arī cīņa pret tumsu un To; Tas līdz pat beigām palika ļoti noslēpumains ļaunais tēls.
Šajos varoņdarbos Megai un Čārlzam nav jācīnās vieniem, palīdz draugs Kelvins, kā arī trīs savdabīgas dāmas ar neparastiem vārdiem (viens jau minēts) un radījumi no labo spēku puses. Samērā ātri top skaidrs, ka tik viegli neklāsies un ar tēva izglābšanu viss nebeigsies.
Noteikti vēlāk turpināšu šo sēriju. Varbūt ir kāds zinātājs, kas zina, vai ir nozīmē, kādā secībā lasa šīs autores citu sēriju grāmatas, kuras saistītas ar Time Quintet. A Wrinkle in Time varētu nebūt priekš pašiem mazākajiem, bet sākot ar MG domājas gan.
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One thing I liked was the introduction by the author which also recorded the book briefly mentioning the hardships to publish this book either because children wouldn’t understand it and because A Wrinkle in Time was majorly different from her previous ones. I can’t judge how big the differences are but overall I liked it. Another plus was the character’s Whatsit voice.
So, Meg and Charles’s father has been missing since their early childhood and the family receives very little explanations what had happened. One very windy in which no one could fell asleep begins not only their father’s rescue operation but also exciting fight against darkness and It. It even until the end remained a very mysterious evil character.
Meg and Charles aren’t alone in these adventures, and receive help from their friend Calvin, three bizarre ladies with very uncommon names (one already mentioned) and creatures from the good side. Soon it becomes clear that this rescue and fight won’t be that easy and it’s not going to end with saving their father.
I’m hoping that in a short time I will manage to continue this series. Maybe someone knows does it matter in which order you read this and author’s other series that overlaps with Time Quintet. A Wrinkle in time might not be meant for the youngest audience but probably from MG or so.
Grāmatas apraksts no Goodreads/Synopsis from Goodreads:
A classic work of science fiction by renowned Polish novelist and satirist Stanislaw Lem.
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.
Izdevniecība/Publisher: Audible Frontiers
Kā tiku pie šīs grāmatas?/How I got this book?
Lejuplādēju no www. Izvēlējos no Top 100 Sci-Fi Books grāmatu listes.
Vērtējums/Rating: 2.5/5
Mana recenzija (pārdomas)/My (thoughts) review
Solaris ir gan planēta, gan viens liels un pārsvarā šķidrs organisms ar saprātu jeb okeāns, kas klāj gandrīz visas planētas virsmu. Šis darbs liek iziet no pieņemtajās normas, kādam inteliģentam organismam būtu jābūt.
Planēta tiek aktīvi pētīta, un entuziasms ir liels, bet tas ātri vien noplok, kad iegūtie rezultāti un atbildes pēc daudzajiem pētījumiem un eksperimentiem nedod vēlamo. Kā arī, ciešot letālas neveiksmes, lielākā daļa pamet Solaris. Tiek apcerēta arī varbūtēja organisma izcelšanās, tā ietekme uz planētu.
Stāsta centrā ir Kriss Kelvins, kura pārdzīvojums ir liels, kad viņš kosmosa stacijā satiek savu mirušo draudzeni Hariju, kurai tur pavisam noteikti, pat neņemot vērā mirušās faktu, tur nevajadzētu atrasties. Pašsaprotama reakcija ir panika un atbrīvošanās no Harijas, bet par nepatīkamu pārsteigumu tas nedod rezultātu. Turpmākās attiecības jau kļūst pilnīgi citādākas nekā varētu iedomātis.. Lasītājs zina, Harija nav tāda vienīgā, kas radusies ar Solaris palīdzību, bet ar to arī viss; šķiet tā organisms pārbauda viesu garīgo izturību.
Kaut kāda iemeslu dēļ grāmata neuzrunāja un nepiesaistīja līdz galam. Varbūt noskatoties 2002.gada filmu (ir vēl divas senākas krieviski) vairāk taptu skaidrs.
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Solaris is both a planet and one big and mostly liquid organism with intellect but what it is makes you think twice about – should an intellectual beings be in a solid form? Because Solaris is also an ocean that covers most of the planet’s surface.
The planet is being actively researched and the enthusiasm is big but as there are no concrete results and answers from all the research and experiments, and also suffering lethal mishaps many if not most eventually leave Solaris. Many possible versions how such an organism could have created and its effect on the planet itself are contemplated.
The centre of this story is Kris Kelvin and he is surprised in a bad way after he meets his dead girlfriend Harey on the space station. It’s clear that there are no ways she could have gotten herself there even if she would be alive. Panic and getting rid of Harey is an understandable reaction but as she later shows up again the solution to this problem has to be different. Henceforward their relationship evolves and become something I didn’t think of. The reader knows that Harey is created by Solaris and that she isn’t the only one like that, but that’s it; it seems that Solaris is testing the strength and endurance of his visitors.
For some reasons this book didn’t appeal to me. Maybe after watching the newest movie adaption (2002) some things would get more understandable.
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