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StJohn  ·  3373 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Let's create a list of essential scifi books

Thanks for nominating another Lem book! Solaris is a hell of a thing. I've only ever read the older English edition, which was translated from Polish to French, and then to English. Apparently there's a new ebook edition that's translated directly from Polish to English. I haven't read it yet, but I'm dead keen to see what they've done with it. A second-hand translation has to be better than a third-hand translation.





kleinbl00  ·  3373 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I actually loved the bizarro translation. Pretty much every Kundera any American has ever read made a loop through French, and I think it helps.