Solaris
Lem's philosophical novel examines humans encountering incomprehensible alien intelligence. Through a sentient ocean manifesting crew's buried memories, it explores communication limits and understanding's impossibility across radical difference. The work critiques human-centric thinking and technological optimism, questioning whether we can truly know the Other.
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