![]() ![]() ![]() Rather than the usual sci-fi narrative that takes you somewhere else, Solaris takes you nowhere in particular. It's less a plot than "a three-dimensional dream" (5.7), as Kelvin puts it, that you wander around in, toddling into dead ends and toddling back out again, horror and suspense and surprise and awe swathed in a dreamy haze of half-reality. That's kind of the fun of the book, though. And here's the thing about this history of scientific investigation: It boils down to the fact that scientists don't know diddly about Solaris. The rest of the book is taken up with brief glimpses of the other scientists on the station (who have their own visitors) and long discussions about the history of scientific investigation of Solaris. Which seems about right.Īnd that's pretty much it. On the station, Kelvin meets a replica of his ex-wife, Rheya, who killed herself back on Earth. So what's up with Stanislaw Lem's Solaris? Psychologist Kris Kelvin goes out to a space station monitoring the planet Solaris and its giant-possibly intelligent-ocean. So if laser battles and monster aliens erupting out of chest cavities is all a bit much for you-but you still like yourself some outer space-then you are in a Solaris mood. ![]() Solarisis science fiction for folks who think science fiction is just a little too exciting. ![]()
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