Solaris is a science fiction novel by Polish author Stanislaw Lem, first published in 1961. The story follows a group of scientists who are sent to a research station orbiting the mysterious planet Solaris, which is covered in an ocean of sentient alien life. As
Stanisław Herman Lem was a Polish writer. He was the author of many novels, short stories, and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical and humorous character. Lem's books have been translated into more than 50 languages and have sold more than 45 million copies. Worldwide, he is best known as the author of the 1961 novel Solaris. In 1976, Theodore Sturgeon wrote that Lem was the most widely read science fiction writer in the world.