Solaris

Who'stestingwhom?WhenKrisKelvinarrivesattheplanetSolaristostudytheoceanthatcoversitssurface,heisforcedtoconfrontapainful,hithertounconsciousmemoryembodiedinthelivingphysicallikenessofalong-deadlover.Othersexaminingtheplanet,Kelvinlearns,areplaguedwiththeirownrepressedandnewlycorporealmemories.ScientistsspeculatethattheSolarisoceanmaybeamassivebrainthatcreatestheseincarnatememories,itspurposeindoingsounknown.ThefirstofLem'snovelstobepublishedinAmericaandnowconsideredaclassic,SOLARISraisesaquestion:Canwetrulyunderstandtheuniversearounduswithoutfirstunderstandingwhatlieswithin?