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Solaris Study Guide

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by Stanisław Lem
About 43 pages (13,019 words)
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Chapter 7, The Conference Summary

Kelvin passes a restless night with Rheya. When he wakes, she has changed clothes. He sees her sundress lying near the first apparition's sundress, and he's overcome with emotion. Kelvin goes into the bathroom and closes the door. The door begins to shake and pull outward. He realizes that Rheya is desperately trying to pull the door toward her, although it opens the other way. The door is becoming distended, pulled outward by a superhuman strength.

Afterward, Rheya does not remember breaking the door. She only remembers realizing she was alone and becoming frightened.

Kelvin takes some of Rheya's blood and examines it under a microscope. Down to the molecular level, it is exactly like human blood. However, its subatomic structure is too small for him to see with the microscope. Below the.....

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