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Solaris (2002): Film vs Book
Film · 2002 · Directed by Steven Soderbergh · Starring George Clooney
About the film
A psychologist travels to a space station above a strange ocean planet to find that his lost wife has appeared there.
How close is it to the book?
Loosely based on the bookThe American film is quieter and more romantic than the novel, and it leaves out much of the book's science about the planet.
Read or watch first?
The novel spends more time on the planet and on the failure of human understanding.
What the book gives you
Solaris by Stanisław Lem
A haunting, philosophical story set on a strange ocean planet.
Who will like it: Readers who like quiet, mysterious science fiction about the unknowable.