March: We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse #1) by Dennis Taylor
Discuss The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein in the comments below.
Fiasco was translated into English in 1988 by Michael Kandel:
Fiasco (Polish: Fiasko) is a science fiction novel by Polish author Stanisław Lem, first published in a German translation in 1986. The book, published in Poland the following year, is a further elaboration of Lem's skepticism: in Lem's opinion, the difficulty in communication with alien civilizations is cultural disparity rather than spatial distance. The failure to communicate with an alien civilization is the main theme of the book.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Wednesday February 13 2019, @10:59PM
I was affected by the loss of Mike as well. It wasn't just that Mike had become people and now was gone, but rather that Manny missed his friend. Heinlein managed to communicate that it hurt Manny that Mike wasn't there anymore, and while Manny wasn't lonely he certainly missed his friend.
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