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Fiasco (Paperback)

by Stanislaw Lem (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Harcourt Publishers Ltd; Reprint edition (Mar 1988)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0156306301
  • ISBN-13: 978-0156306300
  • Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 7,156 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars DON'T READ THE PREVIOUS REVIEW, 7 Nov 2002
By E. Nolan "hivemindx" - See all my reviews
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... 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.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Is he a SF writer really, or pure philosopher., 17 Oct 1998
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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.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, 17 Dec 1996
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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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Prompt Service
Ordered in the period just prior to Christmas, received in good packaged condition and promptly
Published 5 months ago by Phaz

4.0 out of 5 stars 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 8 months ago by Mr. Nigel JB McFarlane

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 13 months ago by Dobbsy

5.0 out of 5 stars 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... Read more
Published on 15 Jul 2006 by Nick Craig-Wood

5.0 out of 5 stars 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

4.0 out of 5 stars 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

5.0 out of 5 stars 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... Read more
Published on 23 Mar 1998

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