Solaris (1961)
By Stanislaw Lem
Genres : scifi, horror, suspense, classics
207 pages (Kindle Digital Edition)
Rating 4/5 😀
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I have enjoyed this book the way I had enjoyed very few books. This has some of the most horrific and memorable scenes I have ever read. Paging through it is an immersive experience .. where the cause of mystery is revealed to the reader and the main character at the start but it nevertheless doesn't stop being suspenseful. I picked it from the list of best scifi novels of all time. And it definitely makes for some super cool, horror and romantic science fiction ever written! 🤗
Kelvin arrives on planet Solaris as a psychologist researcher and docks himself to the space station. The surface of the planet is covered with ocean and there is no other visible life on the planet. Since the planet has been discovered, there has been much speculation and theoretical expostulation about the nature of the ocean .. eventually they realize it to be a gigantic super brain with psychic powers. It can bring people deeply embedded in one's memories to life. The challenge with this Contact ..lies in inability of sharing information and ideas between human race and this advanced but non speaking/non-communicative super intelligent ocean.
At the heart of this book is also a love - hate relationship between Kelvin and Rhyea - his dead ex lover who is brought to life from his memories and subconscious by the ocean. Most of the struggle is happening on the emotional plane rather than physical. The ocean is a benevolent entity or no?
Very cool science fiction. Got me all fixated and immersed from the start. Though I felt it lost a little steam towards the end. What exactly is the ocean? Why is it able to do this? Where/what is it evolving towards? How is a memory of a person made manifest physically? What is this person made of? Interesting read! 😇
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