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In this book meet many of the core themes that he's well known for: the fascination with technology, morals and philosophy, the human nature, and the ethics of science, but the main theme is the failure to communicate with ...more...]]> 64987658 1242609 28766 0156306301 9780156306300 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563m/28766.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563s/28766.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28766.Fiasco 4.12 172 ]]> 1988 5 0 false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 05:42:54 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 08:54:43 -0700 2009
Pirx the pilot is missing presumed dead on Titan when Parvis, a young navigator, arrives at the wrong spaceport. He sets off to Birnam Wood to rescue the renown pilot, but his vehicle suffers a catastrophic failure, forcing Par...more...]]> 15048917 887274 28766 0156306301 9780156306300 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563m/28766.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563s/28766.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28766.Fiasco 4.12 172 ]]> 1988 5 1 false Sun Feb 10 08:44:04 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 09:03:09 -0800 2008 If you're going to read one Stanislaw Lem novel, this should be it.

It's not exactly an easy read. His prose is thick, the plot is slow moving, and let's face it: being translated from polish doesn't help.

But the guy is a fucking genius. Sure, his books are full of th...more...]]> 28767516 1375057 28766 0156306301 9780156306300 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563m/28766.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563s/28766.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28766.Fiasco 4.12 172 ]]> 1988 5 0 false Wed Jul 30 12:02:37 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 23 15:16:16 -0700 2009 Like many of Lem's other works, this book documents the complete lack of cultural reference points, and thus any basis for communication whatsoever, between human and alien intelli...more...]]> 41004498 1771037 28766 0156306301 9780156306300 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563m/28766.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563s/28766.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28766.Fiasco 4.12 172 ]]> 1988 5 0 false Sat Dec 27 08:40:44 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 08:41:43 -0800 2008 28023877 374325 28766 0156306301 9780156306300 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563m/28766.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563s/28766.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28766.Fiasco 4.12 172 ]]> 1988 4 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Jul 22 21:25:51 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 21:25:51 -0700 2008
There are big robots in most of Lem's books, and this entire book is really just a set up to a punchline. You can almost hear him in the bar, telling ...more...]]> 5241363 220133 28766 0156306301 9780156306300 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563m/28766.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563s/28766.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28766.Fiasco 4.12 172 ]]> 1988 4 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 13:30:25 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 07:28:58 -0800 2009
A really interesting, different take on a future first contact scenario. Lem presents a very imaginative future of mega-science achievements and yet demonstrates how the unknown really is difficult to deal with. This book kept me hooked all the way through. Though you b...more...]]> 3538232 40002 28766 0156306301 9780156306300 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563m/28766.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563s/28766.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28766.Fiasco 4.12 172 ]]> 1988 5 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jul 25 21:33:34 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 02:03:18 -0800 2009 10121472 668183 28766 0156306301 9780156306300 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563m/28766.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563s/28766.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28766.Fiasco 4.12 172 ]]> 1988 5 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Dec 07 19:57:37 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 07 20:01:24 -0800 2007 33554336 1008948 28766 0156306301 9780156306300 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563m/28766.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563s/28766.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28766.Fiasco 4.12 172 ]]> 1988 3 0 false Mon Sep 22 15:48:59 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 15:50:16 -0700 2008 20736049 1080480 28766 0156306301 9780156306300 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563m/28766.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563s/28766.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28766.Fiasco 4.12 172 ]]> 1988 4 0 false Tue Apr 22 13:18:02 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 13:19:49 -0700 2008 19877364 1067115 28766 0156306301 9780156306300 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563m/28766.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563s/28766.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28766.Fiasco 4.12 172 ]]> 1988 4 0 false Thu Apr 10 12:09:56 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 12:14:11 -0700 2008 15146584 787131 28766 0156306301 9780156306300 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563m/28766.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563s/28766.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28766.Fiasco 4.12 172 ]]> 1988 2 0 false Thu Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 11 10:04:11 -0800 2008 Fri Jun 20 11:39:43 -0700 2008 17373094 316102 28766 0156306301 9780156306300 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563m/28766.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563s/28766.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28766.Fiasco 4.12 172 ]]> 1988 3 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1987 Sun Mar 09 10:36:16 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 09 10:36:46 -0700 2008 74250000 1487333 953501 8420658936 9788420658933 2 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235364548m/953501.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235364548s/953501.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/953501.Fiasco 4.12 172 1988 4 0 false Sat Dec 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 12 03:16:24 -0700 2009 Sat Dec 19 08:23:33 -0800 2009 22222320 1161272 28766 0156306301 9780156306300 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563m/28766.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563s/28766.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28766.Fiasco 4.12 172 ]]> 1988 5 0 false Wed May 14 06:41:13 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 06:44:31 -0700 2008 11107113 678573 28766 0156306301 9780156306300 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563m/28766.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563s/28766.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28766.Fiasco 4.12 172 ]]> 1988 4 0 false Thu Dec 27 15:10:03 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 15:10:43 -0800 2007 81248797 1667435 28766 0156306301 9780156306300 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563m/28766.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563s/28766.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28766.Fiasco 4.12 172 ]]> 1988 0 0 false Wed Dec 16 18:48:22 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 16 18:48:22 -0800 2009 80957660 3008465 28766 0156306301 9780156306300 16 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563m/28766.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167956563s/28766.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28766.Fiasco 4.12 172 ]]> 1988 5 0 false Mon Dec 14 07:53:50 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 14 07:53:50 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=28766