Solaris sapphic love in space

written and illustrated by Annie Stein, with the help of Sol's best fiancée skairunner
Winner of Most Beautiful New World 2022, a wondrous reimagining of our Solar System. Solaris is retro science fiction with a queer and artistic twist. Written and illustrated by Annie Stein, with the help of Sol's best fiancée Skairunner.
When you’re already defying one all-powerful force, why not another? Eun has no doubt that if she was Icarus, she would also end up plunging into the sea.
— Those who fly close to the sun

 

Welcome to Solaris

This site is a compendium of the worldbuilding written for my upcoming webcomic. Solaris is a love letter to the wonder I felt looking up at the stars as a kid, imagining what might be out there on the other planets.
  Each planet in Solaris has life, and the lifeless somethings at the very edge of our Solar System resent them for it. At a great personal cost, the Sentinels defend the Outer Planets. Now even the eternal peace of the Inner Planets has been shattered. Twelve years ago, the sun began its siege of Mercury. Angelic armies have scorched the planet, and people fear what will happen should the defence at Penumbra fail.
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Best Body of Work
Worldember 2023
Most Beautiful New World
Worldbuilding Awards 2022

 

No GenAI or LLM was used to create this world

Solaris has 366 explorers

Featured Art

An illustration of Blue NM-2; a blue humanoid alien floating in space. It has ribbon-like appendages that swirl around it. There's three of it, but they're all the same. They form a triangle or circle with their bodies.
Triple Blue by Annie Stein
Comment of the Month
I like how you've distinguished the Godqueens from the Keystones. Both terms for powerful badass women, but with completely different connotations!
— Chris L on Godqueen

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Planets Art of Mercury · Art of Venus · Art of Tellus · Art of Mars · Art of Jupiter · Art of Saturn · Art of Uranus · Art of Neptune
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