Editing Solaris (novel) (section)

==English translation==
[[File:Solaris, various editions 02.jpg|right|thumb|270px|Various translations of ''Solaris'', including the English one]]
Both the original Polish version of the novel (published in 1961) and its English translation are titled ''Solaris''. Jean-Michel Jasiensko published his French translation in 1964 and that version was the basis of Joanna Kilmartin and Steve Cox's English translation (Walker and Company, 1970; Faber and Faber, 1971).<ref>Kellman, Steven G., "Alien autographs: how translators make their marks", in ''Neohelicon'' (2010) 37:15 (online).</ref> Lem, who read English fluently, repeatedly voiced his disappointment with the Kilmartin–Cox version.<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 April 2006|title=Obituary: Stanislaw Lem|url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/apr/08/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|access-date=22 May 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>

In 2011, [[Bill Johnston (translator)|Bill Johnston]] completed an English translation from the Polish. Lem's wife and son reviewed this version more favorably: "We are very content with Professor Johnston's work, that seems to have captured the spirit of the original."<ref name="theguardian.com">Alison Flood, [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jun/15/first-direct-translation-solaris "First ever direct English translation of Solaris published"], ''The Guardian'', 15 June 2011</ref> It was released as an audio book and later in an [[Amazon Kindle]] edition (2014, {{ISBN|978-83-63471-41-5}}). Due to legal issues, this translation did not appear in print until 2024, when Conversation Tree Press published a [[fine press]] edition of the book.<ref name="theguardian.com"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Stanisław Lem's "Solaris"|url=https://conversationtreepress.com/pages/solaris-stanislaw-lem-murphy|access-date=17 November 2024|website=Conversation Tree Press|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Reprints===

* {{ISBN|0-8027-5526-7}} (1970)
* {{ISBN|0-15-683750-1}} (1987)
* {{ISBN|0-15-602760-7}} (2002)
* {{ISBN|0-571-21972-1}} (2003)