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A review by michinio
Фиаско by Stanisław Lem, Stanisław Lem, Stanisław Lem
5.0
One of there rare recent books that would make me think I'm always wasting time whenever I'm not reading it. As usual for Lem, the book is full of futuristic philosophical topics, magnificent and 'realistic' explanations of future technologies, detailed description of yet non-existing (and maybe also never-existing) concepts. and what I like in Lem's novels most is that he can easily place the reader into the world he created to experience his heroes' feelings, to see what they see, hear what they hear... in addition, Lem's novels are good source for scientific information, though sometimes it's hard to distinguish between ancient, modern and future science (and this is amazing!).
This novel is about the author's favorite topic - human contact with aliens and considering the name of the novel and Lem's previous novels, it will not be a spoiler to mention the contact is unsuccessful. However, besides obvious topic of Fermi's paradox [b:Fiasko|356173|Fiasko|Stanisław Lem|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1174052541s/356173.jpg|1762117] touches wide are of other themes like game theory, planetary engineering, space/time travel, cold war, human nature...
The only small weak part seems to me little too much philosophical discussion into one direction in the second part of the book. Also I'd give the novel little bit less pessimistic title - "Fiasko" haunted me all the book long, making me somehow more and more sad. But probably that was what the author intended to do.
This novel is about the author's favorite topic - human contact with aliens and considering the name of the novel and Lem's previous novels, it will not be a spoiler to mention the contact is unsuccessful. However, besides obvious topic of Fermi's paradox [b:Fiasko|356173|Fiasko|Stanisław Lem|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1174052541s/356173.jpg|1762117] touches wide are of other themes like game theory, planetary engineering, space/time travel, cold war, human nature...
The only small weak part seems to me little too much philosophical discussion into one direction in the second part of the book. Also I'd give the novel little bit less pessimistic title - "Fiasko" haunted me all the book long, making me somehow more and more sad. But probably that was what the author intended to do.