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Fiasco

By: Stanislaw Lem
Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
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The planet Quinta is pocked by ugly mounds and covered by a spiderweb-like network. It is a kingdom of phantoms and of a beauty afflicted by madness. In stark contrast, the crew of the spaceship Hermes represents a knowledge-seeking Earth. As they approach Quinta, a dark poetry takes over and leads them into a nightmare of misunderstanding.©1988 Stanislaw Lem (P)2009 Audible, Inc. Science Fiction Fiction Emotionally Gripping Greek Mythology Ancient Greece
Thought-provoking Ideas • Interesting Alien Contact • Credible Narration • Multilayered Tale • Scientific Imagination

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This was the last farewell from Stanisław Lem—one of the greatest masters of the genre. A good deal of hard sci-fi, where deep technical and scientific introspections are entangled with heavy moral dilemmas. Recommended to all sci-fi devotees.

The last farewell form Lem.

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Stanislaw Lem is one of my favorite sci fi authors and this book does not disappoint. A strange, though provoking story that kept a sense of wonder throughout the book. Certainly not a book for everyone but for people who love sci fi filled with ideas that stick long after the book is done, this surely is a book to read.

Simply nothing like it

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This book is short on action but full of aha and hmm moments. In the form of a novel the author shares his thoughts and ideas about alien life and what an encounter with it look like as well as some ideas about advanced forms of artificial intelligence. The book uses scientific language and advanced concepts but it's not necessary to be familiar with them to follow the thoughts and get the ideas. If you ever wondered about what other forms of intelligence laws of nature can produce this is a book for you.

Sci-fi for the Hard of Core

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It's OK. There were certainly passages that made me stop and think, especially concerning the paths civilizations may take when it comes to war, self-destruction and so on. Lem must be brilliant but Fiasco seems to be mostly comprised of long expositions on these subjects and the story itself moves very slowly. And I really couldn't understand the ending at all. It just sort of fell off the cliff. All in all, it was worth it.

Not standard Sci-Fi fare ...

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Lem's wild and relentlessly logical imagination crafts a multi-layered tale of male desires probing and engaging nature. A delightful intellectual ride and a wise caution to grand ambitions combined with grand technical power.

Sublime tale

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