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When Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface he is forced to confront a painful, hitherto unconscious memory embodied in the physical likeness of a long-dead lover. Others suffer from the same affliction and speculation rises among scientists that the Solaris ocean may be a massive brain that creates incarnate memories, but its purpose in doing so remains a mystery . . .Solaris raises a question that has been at the heart of human experience and literature for centuries: can we truly understand the universe around us without first understanding what lies within?
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Solaris, Stanisław Lem
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- Released
- 2016
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- Title
- Solaris
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Stanisław Lem
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Released
- 2016
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 218
- ISBN10
- 0571311571
- ISBN13
- 9780571311576
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Philosophical Topics, Science Fiction, Love, Horror, Space, Gifts for men, Adapted for Film, Polish literature, Planet Earth, Stars, Planets, Constellations, Cosmic Horror, Eastern Europe, Reason, Polish Novels
- First published
- 1961
- Original title
- Solaris
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- When Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface he is forced to confront a painful, hitherto unconscious memory embodied in the physical likeness of a long-dead lover. Others suffer from the same affliction and speculation rises among scientists that the Solaris ocean may be a massive brain that creates incarnate memories, but its purpose in doing so remains a mystery . . .Solaris raises a question that has been at the heart of human experience and literature for centuries: can we truly understand the universe around us without first understanding what lies within?