David and Perry visit the Eastern Block and discuss novels by Stanisław Lem and the Strugatsky brothers, and the films based on two of their books.

Ebooks or paper books? (05:02)

Going East (00:30)

Solaris by Stanislaw Lem (20:00)

Solaris (movie) directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (12:20)

Solaris (movie) directed by Steven Soderberg (14:15)

Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (11:48)

Stalker (movie) directed by Andrei Tarkovsky (26:11)

Windup (00:43)

Image: still from Andrei Tarkovsky’s film Stalker. Used here for purposes of review, fair use copyright exemption.