The first of Lem’s novels to be published in americanca and still the best known. A scientist examining the ocean that covers the surface of the planet Solaris is forced to confront the incarnation of a painful, hitherto unconscious memory, inexplicably created by the ocean. An undisputed SF classic. Translated by Joanna Kilmartin and Steve Cox. First Harvest edition 1987 978-0156837507 1.1 pound 5.31 x 0.5 x 8 inches 204 pages Harvest Books; LATER PRINTING edition (May 15, 1987)