Thus, interest in the space station and Solaris itself starts to diminish, even though the number of oddities and wonders caused by the Ocean awaits unexplained. However, over the decades, despite the immense growth of solaristics and tons of articles and books written, full understanding of planet's phenomenon remains out of reach. To facilitate the research over Solarian Ocean, a space station has been placed on platet's low orbit, as an outpost for numerous scientific expeditions from Earth.

Thus, majority of Earth's scientists believe, that the Ocean is, or could be interpreted as, an intelligent lifeform. For example, it has the ability to create large solid structures, that emerge from it with no apparent reason, subsequently dissapearing without a trace. This is due to the fact, that the planet is entirely covered with ocean, which is very different from any known water reservuar. A remote planet of Solaris has been discovered by humankind few dozens years ago, and has been subject to extensive research ever since. 5 Literary significance and critical reaction.It has been adapted into two feature movies, and translated to tens of languages. Why has „Solaris” achieved this status? Probably because the book not only presents the most original vision of the alien world known to science fiction, but in the most interesting and emotional way presents the drama of cognition and its entanglement in literature, in telling stories that is so inseparable from human culture.Īlong with Eden, The Invincible and Fiasco, Solaris is considered a part of the 'quadrilogy' dealing with the impossibility of inter-species contact. It belongs – probably as no other Polish literary work – to the core of its genre, to the canon: this novel about contact with aliens cannot be omitted in discussions of world science fiction. It has been reviewed many times in various countries and languages.

Solaris is the most famous of Lem's novels.

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