The Futurological Congress is the fourth satirical science fiction novel in the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy series from Kafka Prize-winning author Stanislaw Lem.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0156340402
ISBN-13
9780156340403
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72592
Product Key Features
Book Title
Futurological Congress : from the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy
Author
Stanislaw Lem
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, Science Fiction / Space Opera, Science Fiction / General
Publication Year
1985
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
5 oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pg7158.L39z413 1985
Edition Description
Reprint
Reviews
The futurologists of the world have gathered at their Eighth World Congress at the Costa Rica Hilton to discuss the problem of overpopulation. Their deliberations, however, are interrupted by a revolution which the government attempts to quell with chemical weapons. The air and water are laden with "benignimizers" and other exotic drags which send futurologist Tichy careening into a hallucinatory tomorrow. Lem's view of the overcrowded future is original and disturbing. A pessimistic, mordantly funny book, well translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel.