'There were two kinds of landscape characteristic of the inner planets of the Sun: the purposeful and the desolate.'
The planet Quinta is pocked with ugly mounds and covered by a spiderweb-like network draped from spindly poles. It is a kingdom of phantoms and of a beauty afflicted by madness. The Earth spaceship Hermes arrives on Quinta with the best of intentions towards the humans' 'brothers in intelligence'. But something on the planet has gone terribly wrong...
| ISBN: | 9780241334355 |
| Publication date: | 5th July 2018 |
| Author: | Stanislaw Lem |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 160 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Science fiction: aliens / UFOs Classic science fiction |
'There were two kinds of landscape characteristic of the inner planets of the Sun: the purposeful and the desolate.'
The planet Quinta is pocked with ugly mounds and covered by a spiderweb-like network draped from spindly poles. It is a kingdom of phantoms and of a beauty afflicted by madness. The Earth spaceship Hermes arrives on Quinta with the best of intentions towards the humans' 'brothers in intelligence'. But something on the planet has gone terribly wrong...
Fiasco features in the following genres: Science fiction: aliens / UFOs, Classic science fiction
Fiasco is available in Paperback, Ebook
Fiasco was written by Stanislaw Lem and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Fiasco has 160 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Modern Classics series
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