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63 — Andrei Tarkovsky — 1/3 — Setting the Stage

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Book Review - Solaris

This one was a radio for like midday play. Like which are a bit ropey. I have read none I think. Anna's read this one. She said it's really good. So should we just describe the story? Because it's got quite a good science fictional set up. It's sci-fi, but it doesn't have a lot of sci-fi elements. The key thing is that we follow a character who goes to this space station. And while there, he encounters his dead wife who's been resurrected in some mysterious way out of his own memories by the intelligence on the planet. Part of it is about the fulfillment of these kind of impossible and doomed desires and things

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