A review by 11corvus11
Fiasco by Stanisław Lem

3.0

I felt so many different ways about this book that I'm not sure exactly how to rate it. In some ways it is very very Lem. What I mean by that is that it has long, creative, well formed stretches of philosophy as well as some hard sci-fi. I do think he goes on a bit too long at times, but that's also not unusual for him. There is so much in this that's interesting and exciting. Communication- or lack thereof- is the central theme. The ending is a beautiful and haunting closing, that took me off guard despite all the set up. I'm not going to spoil it any more than that.

I gave this 3 stars rather than 4 because I always have a tough time with men who can imagine entire futures with advanced artificial intelligence and intricate alien worlds and species, yet are completely incapable of imagining futures with women in them as anything other then the butts of the occasional misogynistic joke.