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When a crew of earthmen--among them a space pilot, a military leader, a scientist, and a priest--reach the planet Quinta, the travelers descend into the very depths of the human condition.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
... this is a truly excellent book. Lem is an outstanding and unusual author and this book is one of my favourites by him. Some of Lems books are humourous or even 'silly', but you will generally find more serious themes hidden in the depths. Fiaso is not one of these, it is pretty much serious from top to bottom. Especially the ending, which hopefully you will be lucky enough to discover as Lem intended rather than reading it from a web review, or the back of the book as an even earlier reviewer mentioned (the copy I have has no text on the back).
If you are seeking a more humourous Lem read then try The Futurological Congress or The Cyberiad.
Everyone who purports to like Science Fiction should read at least one Lem book, Fiasco would be a good one.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you read any book from this author, you will completely change your oppinion about SF genre in literature.I understand, people who think that SF is complete trash, pulp, call-it-what-you-want, literature, because i was one of them, untill I read "SOLARIS". I was shocked, amazed,and intellectualy shaken. Whole new horizon of thinking opened in front of my mind. "FIASCO" was the second, and the situation was the same. Buy this book, and you will find a lots of stuff to feed your mind with there.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In my opinion, this is the best of Lem's books, but they're
all excellent. "Fiasco" deals with how humans react to
something TRULY alien. I learned more about mankind from
reading this one book than I have from years and years of
learning history.
all excellent. "Fiasco" deals with how humans react to
something TRULY alien. I learned more about mankind from
reading this one book than I have from years and years of
learning history.
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Cracking sci-fi
This is a truly remarkable novel of absolutely first rate sci-fi
Whatever you decide to read next, make this the one
I have read a great many books of this genre, but... Read more
Whatever you decide to read next, make this the one
I have read a great many books of this genre, but... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Billynova
Marvellous allegorical sci-fi
As a regular reader of rational sci-fi I don't know why I haven't read this remarkable epic before. I have read most of the other sci-fi classics but this is my first Stanislaw... Read more
Published on 22 Dec 2009 by Dr. RW Crawford
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Ordered in the period just prior to Christmas, received in good packaged condition and promptly
Published on 8 Feb 2009 by Phaz
Lem interesting as always
Fiasco has a similar theme to "Eden" as a story of futile misunderstanding in the wake of alien contact, but it is a far far better book; here the motives of the characters are... Read more
Published on 6 Nov 2008 by Mr. Nigel JB McFarlane
One of my Favourite Books
This book supports my view that great intelligence does not necessarily go hand in hand with great common sense. Read more
Published on 24 May 2008 by Dobbsy
My favourite Lem book
This is definitely my favourite Lem book and would rank in my list of top 10 sci-fi books.
The science is fantastic but he creates a whole new jargon to make you believe... Read more
The science is fantastic but he creates a whole new jargon to make you believe... Read more
Published on 15 July 2006 by Nick Craig-Wood
A darn good read, some technobabble could have been left out
This is a typical Lem 'space opera'. As in several of his books, Lem warns us about what technology without foresight can lead to. Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2000
Scary.
DO NOT READ THE BACK COVER! Now that that's out of the way, I can praise Lem's imagination and his surprisingly dark, twisting story. That's right, twisting. Read more
Published on 1 Nov 1998
The best SF I've read
After countless readings, Fiasco is the best SF title out there. I don't even think of this work as SF - the early jungle sequence and Titan construction segue into the conclusion... Read more
Published on 23 Mar 1998
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