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: 2) by deimtee on Friday February 15 2019, @06:53PM
Very few people were armed, only the warden's guards and a few hidden weapons I think. But it was a closed, very harsh environment and the book even says there was huge attrition in the early years. When there is nowhere to go and the guy next to you can let you die by doing nothing it is a survival skill to not be an arsehole.
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.