(fee-ask'-co) The straw covered bottle of Chianti fame. Like most regional bottles, this one has become rarer as bottles have become increasingly standardized.
Fiasco is a science fiction novel from 1987 by Stanisław Lem that deals with clashes of cultures. The book is a further elaboration of Lem's scepticism: in Lem's opinion, the difficulty in communication with alien civilizations is cultural, rather than spatial, distance. The failure to communicate with an alien civilization is the main theme of the book.
Hey! That's me! I'm a 30-ish (creeping up on forty, good heavens) programmer who lives in the midwest. I'm married with two (now adult) stepkids, two cars, two motorcycles, two cats, too many complaints and not enough time. Have epee; will travel.