Solaris - An intensely creative, mind-blowing first contact book! - Hugonauts: The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time

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Kris Kelvin is traveling to the ocean world of Solaris. For more than 100 years, scientists have been trying to understand and communicate with alien life. But Solaris is truly alien - the entire planet-wide ocean is a single living organism. As Kelvin arrives, he finds that things are going wrong. The science station is disturbing and nearly abandoned. Will he be able to unravel the mystery of Solaris? Or will he lose his mind in the attempt?

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Solaris - An intensely creative, mind-blowing first contact book!

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