Poland - Solaris - Stanislaw Lem

How I found the book:

Stanislaw Lem is a pretty big hitter amongst the science fiction writers, but someone I'd never read before. He's also famously Polish so it was country and book I was aware of. Well actually this was more down to the film rather than the book

The Story:

I was pretty happy to get this book off  the 'to be read' book pile and on the completed bookshelves. The book was pretty weird and dark and thought provoking, but I just found it really dry. So many chapters of pure description and very little plot just dragged and didn't draw me in. I know the book and the film have cult status. But it just didn't gel with me. I even went to watch the film, and I found that just a bit tedious also. But that's the joy and disappointment of art.

The whole concept and philosophy of the book was great though. I think this may highlight my tendency towards more modern and contemporary science fiction rather than the golden age of science fiction and those authors and books who are considered 'classic'. Anyway, it has been read and enjoyed, I may go back to Lem for a different book.