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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: It can be said of the whole crew (heck, the entire ''human race''), but the P in particular. These people are supposed to make FirstContact and instead [[spoiler: destroy the planet. Because the P didn't report on time.]]
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: It can be said of the whole crew (heck, the entire ''human race''), but the P in particular. These people are supposed to make FirstContact and instead [[spoiler: destroy the alien planet. Because the P didn't report on time.]]
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* EternalEnglish: The P is thawed hundreds of years after becoming a HumanPopsicle, but when he hears the doctors speaking (presumably English, since this is an international mission), he understands every word and finds the experience grounding.
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* SceneryPorn: The first part of the story, set on Titan, is filled to the brim with detailed, lush descriptions of the breathtakingly beautiful and alien landscape.
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* TheStoic: Parvis, like his mentor, is a quiet individual not prone to emoting, even though they also share ChronicHeroSyndrome and a general preference to do stuff instead of wallowing in misery.
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* TheStoic: Parvis, like his mentor, is a quiet individual not prone to emoting, even though they also share ChronicHeroSyndrome and a general preference to do stuff instead of wallowing in misery. Whichever of them the P used to be, he acts the same way.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Pirx's friend in the begginning comments on how similar Parvis is to Pirx. The words "he has the same eyes" are used. Also the ShowWithinAShow holodeck fictions the crew members peruse all seem to be about weird worlds and complete failures (the very first one has an UndeadAuthor explained away as some sort of a lens system allowing a distant observer to see all that happened, so the narrator of the FramingStory can tell it to his guests).
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Pirx's friend in the begginning comments on how similar Parvis is to Pirx. The words "he has the same eyes" are used. Also the ShowWithinAShow holodeck fictions the crew members peruse all seem to be about exploration of weird worlds and ending in complete failures (the very first one has an UndeadAuthor explained away as some sort of a lens system allowing a distant observer to see all that happened, so the narrator of the FramingStory can tell it to his guests).
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Past half way through another rreread and I only just noticed Arago wasn't a jesuit...
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* NobleProfession: The Jesuit priest is the voice of conscience in the crew. The fact that Lem set a priest in such a role marks the change that happened over the years in his writing; some of his earlier works had noticeable jabs at religion.
* OnlySaneMan: Dual role -- the P (who seems to have the practical common sense of Pirx) and the Jesuit priest. Though the former's good ideas turn out to have unintended consequences...
* OnlySaneMan: Dual role -- the P (who seems to have the practical common sense of Pirx) and the Jesuit priest. Though the former's good ideas turn out to have unintended consequences...
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* NobleProfession: The Jesuit priest Father Arago, the dominican friar, is the voice of conscience in the crew. The fact that Lem set a priest in such a role marks the change that happened over the years in his writing; some of his earlier works had noticeable jabs at religion.
* OnlySaneMan: Dual role -- the P (who seems to have the practical common sense of Pirx) andthe Jesuit priest.father Arago. Though the former's good ideas turn out to have unintended consequences...
* OnlySaneMan: Dual role -- the P (who seems to have the practical common sense of Pirx) and
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* DescriptionPorn: Mostly describing the incredibly cool technological marvels the humans have (not that it helps).
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* DescriptionPorn: Mostly describing the incredibly cool [[TechnologyPorn technological marvels marvels]] the humans have (not that it helps).
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* HumanPopsicle: Vitrification is an emergency procedure, extremely painful, damaging and unreliable - but better than nothing.
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* HumanPopsicle: Vitrification is an emergency procedure, extremely painful, damaging and unreliable - but better than nothing. In the Hermes part of the story, there's embrionation, which involves exchanging blood for a special liquid and slowing down the heart for protection from extreme g-forces while the ship uses a black hole to get to its destination.
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* ConstellationsAsLocations: The bulk of the story happens in the constellation of Harpy.
* DescriptionPorn: Mostly describing the incredibly cool technological marvels the humans have (not that it helps).
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* MasterComputer: DEUS/GOD.
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* MasterComputer: DEUS/GOD. It manages the whole ship and has opinions - enough to hide data from the commander (the P only sees through it because he's from a time when computers were less reliable and double-checking them was not unthinkable).
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