Why it endured
Scientists orbit a mysterious ocean-covered planet that may be a single vast intelligence. Lem's masterpiece — a meditation on the impossibility of understanding something truly alien.
What they're saying
1 people recommend this book
“Honestly, I love Lem's ideas and treatment of aliens and this book definitely does not disappoint on that front, but everything else outside of that was just not great, making the book very difficult and tedious to finish. The characters are drawing out every single dialog, everything is always kept so very mysterious, everyone is always confused or unwilling to communicate properly, no-one acts like a good scientist, and the technological capability of the ocean is dubious. The story and its events just did not really add up. 3/5”