Book· 1961· Science Fiction

Solaris

by Stanisław Lem

Solaris: 1 recorded work traces back to it.

Open on the map

What Solaris influenced

Works that record this one as a source, with the evidence a contributor gave.

About the work

Solaris

It follows a crew of scientists on a hovering near-surface research facility as they attempt to understand an extraterrestrial intelligence, which takes the form of a vast ocean on the titular alien planet. The novel is one of Lem's best-known works.