Science fiction · Classics
Solaris
A psychologist arrives at a research station above an ocean that may be alive, and finds the crew in a state of fear. Soon he is visited by the shape of someone he lost, and the ocean seems to be reading his mind.
- First published
- 1961
- Pace
- slow
- Length
- short
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you like quiet, strange science fiction that asks whether we could ever truly understand an alien mind.
Skip this if you want an adventure with answers, because the long passages about imagined science are intentionally frustrating.
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