The Futurological Congress (from the memoirs of Ijon Tichy)

149 pages

English language

Published May 16, 1985 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

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978-0-15-634040-3
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The Futurological Congress (Polish: Kongres futurologiczny) is a 1971 black humour science fiction novel by Polish author Stanisław Lem. It details the exploits of the hero of a number of his stories, Ijon Tichy, as he visits the Eighth World Futurological Congress at a Hilton Hotel in Costa Rica. The book is Lem's take on the science fictional trope of an apparently Utopian future that turns out to be an illusion.

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