The LEM-Almanac

"I could hardly read, it had become so dark, the book in my hands turned grey, finally the print in front of my eyes began to flicker, but the empty part of the page showed that I had reached the end of this story, which I considered very probable in the light of my own experiences. I turned to the window. It was a deep violet, a few clouds still glowed above the horizon like dying coals. The ocean, shrouded in darkness, was invisible." Stanisław Lem, Solaris, 1961