Age of Harey

[Sternenfisch]

The Age.
Never looked at it.

[Pirx]

Guys, it's written thet she's nineteen.  I'm sure she is nineteen.   If I'm wrong you wil be able to beat me.

[Terminus]

You're a little late, buddy, but You're right, she was 19. Kelvin  recalls that when he sees her for the first time onboard Solaris spacestation.

Nobody wans to beat You though, don't  worry :]

[Jaak]

Then how old was Kris?

I think that somewhere Kris stated that Solaris was discovered 100 years before he was born. In another place, it seems that at the time of events 138 years, or possibly more, had passed from the discovery of Solarit. This means Kris was 38 or more. And 28 or more when Harey died at the age of 19. He was 9 years or more older than Harey when they started to live together.

[Pirx]

You should send new topic.  

[NEXUS6]

Dear me! What you need this information about ages for, Jaak? I'm very curious! It must be important...

[Sternenfisch]

Dear me! What you need this information about ages for, Jaak? I'm very curious! It must be important...

Or its just an funny question, which never can be answered surely, like
"Who was the frosted one in Fiasco"?

[Terminus]

Both of them were freezed, there is no question there

[Sternenfisch]

Both of them were freezed, there is no question there

Sorry, I meant "the frosted one, which was reanimated"

[Socrates]

I distinctively remember somone asking these same questions on the old forum some years ago - I remember that the consensus was that her age must have been around 19 as well, and that it was indeed quite strange that she was so young since Kris apparently lived with her for yeas ("...jak sie z kims mieszka latami...").  I too was rather perplexed by this but hey, live and let live is my motto.
Cheers, Socrates

[Terminus]

Hey man, welcome back. Of course "live and let (anything)" is a cool motto; nevertheless I'm somehow amazed by the fact that Lem's got such a debauched
ideas .

Personally I think he just got lost with all those numbers, and he didn't notice this strange thing.  More: I bet he still doesn't know about all this Harey-Age-Mess.

[Socrates]

Greetings to all.  What with vacations and constant work I almost wholly abandoned the internet and its goodies (at least for pleasure).  But then again this is Lem's forum, and thinking about Lem is not a "fun" thing, but rather more of a duty every person has towards life and literature...
I'm sure it was simply an oversight on Lem's part as well, especially considering that Lem wrote the book in like only a couple of months (was it two or three?)
Cheers, Socrates

[dzi]

thinking about Lem is not a "fun" thing, but rather more of a duty every person has towards life and literature...