July Media Map: Solaris by Stanisław Lem

Enrich your reading of Solaris by Stanisław Lem by exploring related music, books, TV, film, podcasts & social media accounts, with additional resources to check out. We're sure this list will provide you all the best recs that will make this sci-fi journey even more grand. Enjoy!

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Music

• Hardcover Hotties Collaborative Spotify Playlist

Add your own tunes that come to mind when reading Solaris here!

Books

• The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin

• Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler ♥

• Translation State by Ann Leckie

• The Heart of the Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov

• We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

• The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells

• Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler

• Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space by Carl Sagan

• The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory by David Chalmers

• Consciousness Explained by Daniel C. Dennett

• Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom

*♥ Previous Hardcover Hottie “Book of the Month” Pick!

Art

• Sarah Rosalena, transposing a form

• Transposing a Form explores interactions through material research in 3D printing with Martian clay made with MMS-2 Mars Soil Simulant created by engineers at NASA, representing materials that are generated through space colonialization.

TV & Film

• Solaris (1972)

Watch our favorite film adaption of Solaris approved by Hardcover Hotties book club below!

• Arrival (2016)

• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

• Metropolis (1927)

• Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924)

• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

• Alien (1979)

• The Terminator (1984)

• Attraction (2017)

• Upgrade (2018)

• Ex Machina (2014)

• “Black Mirror” Beyond the Sea (2023)

• Fantastic Planet (1973)

• Annihilation (2018)

• The Thing (1982)

• Possessor (2020)

• Blade Runner (1982)

• Existenz (1999)

Podcasts & Video Essays

• Why is consciousness something worth talking about? | Philosophize This!

• Solaris (1972) | The Projection Booth Podcast

• Podcasts | Faculty of Philosophy

Accounts to Follow

• @retroscifiart

• @sistahscifi

• @orbitbooks_us

• @scifigeneration

• @heavymetal

Resources

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Articles to Check Out

• “6 Reasons Modern Movie CGI Surprisingly Cheap” | Cracked

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