Solaris (Masterplots II: World Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Stanislaw Lem
- First Published: 1961
- Type of Work: Science fiction
- Time of Work: The distant future
- Setting: A laboratory station hovering over the ocean which covers Solaris, a planet orbiting a double star somewhere in the Milky Way
- Principal Characters: Kris Kelvin, Snow, Sartorius, Rheya
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Sex or sexuality, Extraterrestrial life, Future, Other worlds, Space flight or travel, Space ships, stations, or vehicles, Mysteries, Planets, Monsters, Ocean
- Locales: Solaris (fictive)
The Novel
Solaris, a planet which orbits a double star, is covered with an “ocean.” The ocean is a colloidal substance which, by altering its shape, somehow maintains the orbit of the planet, which otherwise would plunge eventually into one of its suns. Solaris was found by space travelers from Earth in the century previous to the setting of the novel. Its remarkable single inhabitant, the ocean, has caused an entire field of Solarian studies to arise and has produced an enormous library of scientific publications.
Kris Kelvin, a young researcher in...
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