Forming part of the 5-5-5 Challenge (5 books, 5 different genres for the 5th month) This is my SF choice. It's a genre I don't often read ... but you can't go wrong with a picture of George Clooney on the cover looking mean, moody & magnificent ... shallow yes ... but keeps the interest going lol:)

Saturday 27th May 2006

I actually was wary of reading this (not a huge SF reader) ... However this was really enjoyable. It was a cross between supernatural & science fiction. Is Solaris linked with emotions? Is Kelvin hallucinating when his dead wife is alive & well? There are lots of twists & turns in this very shivery descriptive story:) ... Enjoy:)

RELEASE NOTES:

Left on a table at the BCGlasgow meet

My previous experience was with the recent film adaptation. That was particuarly confusing. I expected the book to be slow but didn't find that. Parts of the book felt very modern and others talked about Morse code. There is still some confusing stuff in here but that is because of the contents of the story rather than bad story telling.

I'm really not sure what to make of this book. The first half is suspenseful and creepy, and you're not sure what's going on. Then it suddenly switches to quite a dry, almost academic tone, as it starts describing the history of the planet Solaris. And the ending was completely open, with no sense of closure at all. It's probably worth reading, but I think you have to be in a certain frame of mind for it.