Solaris

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Solaris

by Stanisław Lem

ISBN
0156027607
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Year
1987
Pages
204

Categories

FictionClassicsFantasyContemporaryEpicParanormalUrbanHumorousLiteraryMedia Tie-InRomanceScience FictionSpace OperaSpace ExplorationWorld LiteratureRussia20th CenturyLiterary CollectionsAmerican

About this book

A fantastic book. Steven Soderbergh

When psychologist Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface, he finds himself confronting a painful memory embodied in the physical likeness of a past lover. Kelvin learns that he is not alone in this and that other crews examining the planet are plagued with their own repressed and newly real memories. Could it be, as Solaris scientists speculate, that the ocean may be a massive neural center creating these memories, for a reason no one can identify?

Long considered a classic, *Solaris* asks the question: Can we understand the universe around us without first understanding what lies within?

A novel that makes you reevaluate the nature of intelligence itself. Anne McCaffrey

Stanislaw Lem (1921 2006) is the author of many works bearing the broad label of science fiction and others ranging in genre and style from satire to philosophy. Lem s books have been translated into forty-one languages and have sold over forty-five million copies.
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