Andrei Tarkovsky’s Cannes-lauded 1972 film ‘Solaris’, based on Stanisław Lem’s novel of the same name, is considered a masterpiece. But here’s the paradox: the Polish author felt very negatively about ...

Fifty years have passed since Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1972 film adaptation of Stanisław Lem’s 'Solaris'. Both the psychological science fiction movie and the novel enchanted audiences, who were fascinated ...

WARSAW, Poland – Stanislaw Lem, a science fiction writer whose novel "Solaris" was made into a movie starring George Clooney, died Monday in his native Poland, his secretary said. He was 84. Lem died ...

Before scoring a historic hit with Avatar, James Cameron produced this George Clooney-led sci-fi film (which was far from a ...

Adapting any media is a challenge. Few, if any, novels are fit for a perfectly accurate film adaptation. In many cases, it would take multiple films to create a comprehensive recreation of the source ...

Andrei Tarkovsky’s “Solaris” is a visionary science-fiction film that takes us on a profound voyage into both outer and inner space–a rare enough achievement, in any time or place, but one that seems ...

The science-fiction writer and futurist Stanisław Lem was well acquainted with the way that fictional worlds can sometimes encroach upon reality. In his autobiographical essay “Chance and Order,” ...

Stanislaw Lem, a science fiction writer whose novel “Solaris” was made into a movie starring George Clooney, died Monday in his native Poland, his secretary said. He was 84. Lem died in a Krakow ...

We think of ourselves as the Knights of Holy Contact. This is another lie. We are only seeking Man. We have no need of other worlds. We need mirrors. (§[6]:72) In this brief passage from one of SF’s ...

Stanislaw Lem, a science fiction writer whose novel “Solaris” was made into a movie starring George Clooney, died Monday in his native Poland, his secretary said. He was 84. Lem died in a Krakow ...