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Solaris (fictional Planet)
:''For the Isaac Asimov SF planet, see Foundation_universe#Solaria, Solaria.'' Solaris is a fictional living planet depicted in the 1961 science fiction novel ''Solaris (novel), Solaris'' by Polish writer Stanisław Lem and subsequent adaptations into numerous other forms of media. An extraterrestrial life form consisting of a vast, seven hundred billion ton "colloidal envelope" stretching across the entire planet, it regularly forms numerous transient structures on its surface, such as continent-wide crystalline "symmetriads" that dissipate just as quickly as they form, which have been cataloged by scientists on the orbiting Prometheus space station. Coming to believe it is sentient, they have attempted to study it for over 100 years, creating the scientific discipline of Solaristics. However, their attempts to establish First contact (science fiction), first contact are met with nothing, and the scientists, assuming that it surely would want to communicate with them if it was abl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solaris (novel)
''Solaris'' () is a 1961 science fiction novel by Polish writer Stanisław Lem. It follows a crew of scientists on a space station research station, research facility as they attempt to communication with extraterrestrial intelligence, 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. The book has been adapted many times for film, radio, and theater. Prominent film adaptations include Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris (1972 film), 1972 version and Steven Soderbergh's Solaris (2002 film), 2002 version, although Lem later remarked that none of these films reflected the book's thematic emphasis on the limitations of human rationality. Plot summary ''Solaris'' chronicles the ultimate futility of attempted communications with the extraterrestrial life inhabiting a distant alien planet named Solaris (fictional planet), Solaris. The planet is almost completely covered with an ocean of gela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |