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Recently I asked a question to identify a novel which turned out to be Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem. That reminded me of another novel, clearly different, but with some analogies.

I also read it long ago, but not as far back as Solaris, only about 30 years ago. And I believe that, at that time, it was rather recent. It is on some planet, not Earth, though not about just a scientific station but rather a whole colony. There was also some sentient planetary organism, a bit like the ocean of Solaris but not a huge liquid body.

Again I don't remember much, except that there was a feeling of threat during most of the novel, although it is possible that there was a positive resolution at the end. But I am not quite sure, it was too long ago.

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It is a novel, so not "Green Patches". And the organism is global, not visibly including people-who-are-not-completely-individual, so not the Gaia of Asimov's "Foundation's Edge".

It is not on Earth, so certainly not "Here there be Tygers". And there are only humans from Earth and the global sentient planet, no "individual locals" so not "Midworld" either.

Recently I asked a question to identify a novel which turned out to be Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem. That reminded me of another novel, clearly different, but with some analogies.

I also read it long ago, but not as far back as Solaris, only about 30 years ago. And I believe that, at that time, it was rather recent. It is on some planet, not Earth, though not about just a scientific station but rather a whole colony. There was also some sentient planetary organism, a bit like the ocean of Solaris but not a huge liquid body.

Again I don't remember much, except that there was a feeling of threat during most of the novel, although it is possible that there was a positive resolution at the end. But I am not quite sure, it was too long ago.

EDIT

It is a novel, so not "Green Patches". And the organism is global, not visibly including people-who-are-not-completely-individual, so not the Gaia of Asimov's "Foundation's Edge".

It is not on Earth, so certainly not "Here there be Tygers" by Stephen King...

"Here there be Tygers" by Ray Bradbury is not it either, though in space, because it is a short story, not a novel. And it does not fit my memories.

And there are only humans from Earth and the global sentient planet, no "individual sentient locals" so not "Midworld" either.

Recently I asked a question to identify a novel which turned out to be Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem. That reminded me of another novel, clearly different, but with some analogies.

I also read it long ago, but not as far back as Solaris, only about 30 years ago. And I believe that, at that time, it was rather recent. It is on some planet, not Earth, though not about just a scientific station but rather a whole colony. There was also some sentient planetary organism, a bit like the ocean of Solaris but not a huge liquid body.

Again I don't remember much, except that there was a feeling of threat during most of the novel, although it is possible that there was a positive resolution at the end. But I am not quite sure, it was too long ago.

EDIT

It is a novel, so not "Green Patches". And the organism is global, not visibly including people-who-are-not-completely-individual, so not the Gaia of Asimov's "Foundation's Edge".

Recently I asked a question to identify a novel which turned out to be Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem. That reminded me of another novel, clearly different, but with some analogies.

I also read it long ago, but not as far back as Solaris, only about 30 years ago. And I believe that, at that time, it was rather recent. It is on some planet, not Earth, though not about just a scientific station but rather a whole colony. There was also some sentient planetary organism, a bit like the ocean of Solaris but not a huge liquid body.

Again I don't remember much, except that there was a feeling of threat during most of the novel, although it is possible that there was a positive resolution at the end. But I am not quite sure, it was too long ago.

EDIT

It is a novel, so not "Green Patches". And the organism is global, not visibly including people-who-are-not-completely-individual, so not the Gaia of Asimov's "Foundation's Edge".

It is not on Earth, so certainly not "Here there be Tygers". And there are only humans from Earth and the global sentient planet, no "individual locals" so not "Midworld" either.

Recently I asked a question to identify a novel which turned out to be Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem. That reminded me of another novel, clearly different, but with some analogies.

I also read it long ago, but not as far back as Solaris, only about 30 years ago. And I believe that, at that time, it was rather recent. It is on some planet, not Earth, though not about just a scientific station but rather a whole colony. There was also some sentient planetary organism, a bit like the ocean of Solaris but not a huge liquid body.

Again I don't remember much, except that there was a feeling of threat during most of the novel, although it is possible that there was a positive resolution at the end. But I am not quite sure, it was too long ago.

Recently I asked a question to identify a novel which turned out to be Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem. That reminded me of another novel, clearly different, but with some analogies.

I also read it long ago, but not as far back as Solaris, only about 30 years ago. And I believe that, at that time, it was rather recent. It is on some planet, not Earth, though not about just a scientific station but rather a whole colony. There was also some sentient planetary organism, a bit like the ocean of Solaris but not a huge liquid body.

Again I don't remember much, except that there was a feeling of threat during most of the novel, although it is possible that there was a positive resolution at the end. But I am not quite sure, it was too long ago.

EDIT

It is a novel, so not "Green Patches". And the organism is global, not visibly including people-who-are-not-completely-individual, so not the Gaia of Asimov's "Foundation's Edge".