Fiasco (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Stanislaw Lem
- First Published: 1986
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction
- Time of Work: The future
- Setting: Saturn’s moon Titan and the planet Quinta
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: Communication, Future, Other worlds, Space flight or travel, War, Technology
- Locales: Space, Quinta (fictive), Titan
Characters Discussed
Angus Parvis, a spaceship pilot. Twenty- nine years old, slight, and fair-haired, Parvis arrives in confusion on Titan, a moon of Saturn, with a load of mining equipment. He discovers that his friend and teacher, Pirx, has become lost on a mission between two bases. Going out to rescue him, Parvis also becomes lost. He attempts to save himself from death by instantaneous freezing.
Mark Tempe, a spaceship pilot. Tempe may be either Angus Parvis or Pirx. He was found on Titan one hundred years after he was frozen, his body repaired and restored to life...
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