Stanislaw Lem's masterwork will absolutely blow your mind about the possibilities of alien life. And it establishes an incredible mood of dislocation and creepiness to boot - if you like cosmic horror or first contact you need to read this book!
Kris Kelvin is traveling to the ocean world of Solaris. For more than 100 years, scientists have been trying to understand and communicate with alien life. But Solaris is truly alien - the entire planet-wide ocean is a single living organism. As Kelvin arrives, he finds that things are going wrong. The science station is disturbing and nearly abandoned. Will he be able to unravel the mystery of Solaris? Or will he lose his mind in the attempt?
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