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Description edit
Who's testing whom? 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 living physical likeness of a long-dead lover. Others examining the planet, Kelvin learns, are plagued... read more
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Characters edit
- Harey aka Rheya: Kris Kelvin's wife
- Dr. Kris Kelvin: Dr. Kris Kelvin, is a psychologist recently arrived from Earth to the space station studying the planet Solaris. He was married to Rheya (Harey in the original Polish), who committed suicide when he abandoned their marriage. Her exact double is his visitor aboard the space station and becomes an important character.
- Giese: Add a description of this character.
- Berton
- Gibarian: The commander of the station and an old friend of Kelvins.
- Dr. Sartorius
- Carucci
- Dr. Snow
- Shannahan
- Gravinsky
- Muntius
First Sentence edit
At 19.00 hours, ship's time, I made my way to the launching bay.
Table of Contents edit
The Arrival
The Solarists
The Visitors
Sartorius
Rheya
"The Little Apocrypha"
The Conference
The Monsters
The Liquid Oxygen
Conversation
The Thinkers
The Dreams
Victory
The Old Mimoid
Themes & Symbolism edit
- Extra terrestrial intelligence is stranger than we could ever imagine.: It may not be easy or even possible for man to communicate with an extra terrestrial intelligence.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This is book 448 of 1271 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Faces in the Water, and followed by Cat and Mouse.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Stanisław Lem (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Jack Gaughan (Illustrator)
- Alessandro Juliani (Narrator) - The Definitive Edition
First Edition edit
Original Language: Polish
Publisher: MON
Country: Poland
Publication Date: 1961
ISBN: 0804429944
Page Count: 204
Publisher: MON
Country: Poland
Publication Date: 1961
ISBN: 0804429944
Page Count: 204
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 891.8537
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Movie Connections edit
- Solyaris (Solaris) (IMDb): USSR 1972, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
- Solaris (IMDb): USA 2002, directed by Steven Soderbergh
- Solyaris (Solaris) (IMDb): Russian TV movie (1968). Screenplay written by Nikolay Kemarsky, directed by Boris Nirenburg.
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