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Peace on Earth by Stanisław Lem

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mistermisslonelyhearts's review

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adventurous funny tense medium-paced

4.75

wolfj's review

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funny reflective medium-paced

mikiher's review

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3.0

This is a classic Lem, with all the humor, the fascinating ideas, and the anti-establishment attitude. Still it's not one of his best. It's extremely dense, rather hard to follow, and the ending is somewhat disappointing.

izarravarela's review

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3.0

Science fiction has to be a little campy to work, I think, and Stanislaw Lem finds the right balance of cultural relevance and pulpy silliness to make this book work.

(I borrowed this book for my husband, who's more into the sci-fi genre than I am, but found myself with nothing to read—well, nothing but A Hundred Days of Solitude, which I am sloggggging through—so I thought I'd give it a go. Glad I did.)

nolen_wine's review

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adventurous funny informative mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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cel_red's review against another edition

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4.0

Leí este libro de Lem, y no Solaris que es su obra maestra, por dos razones: la división de los hemisferios cerebrales y la doctrina para crear la paz en la Tierra. Porque el enviar las armas a la Luna y el misterio que lo rodea me pareció fascinante. El punto principal es que todas las armas del mundo están en la Luna, y cualquier país en cualquier momento puede reclamar las suyas para hacer la guerra con alguien más, el punto es que no sabe si su arsenal será mejor que el del enemigo o no, y esa ignorancia es el punto clave del desarme. La ignorancia es justo la razón por la que mandan a Tichy.

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