astronauts

• Mars Crossing by Geoffrey A. Landis (2000)

  [7/10]

  "The suspense pulls you forward, and Landis keeps you guessing right up to the very end about who will survive and who will get to return to the Earth."

• Solaris directed by Steven Soderbergh (2002)

  [6/10]

  "Tarkovsky's characters often deliver their lines in a flat tone, as if the characters not only believe the glass is half empty, but that it's filled with poison as well. In that sense, Soderbergh has made a 'happy' version of Tarkovsky's Solaris."

• We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (1924)

  [7/10]

  "Zamyatin implies that once you have given up too much freedom, you might never recover personal freedom, even if some individuals have a vision of life outside the state."

  Average score: 6.67