The Futurological Congress (From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy) - Softcover

Stanislaw Lem

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156340402 ISBN 13: 9780156340403

Publisher: Harper Voyager, 1985

Synopsis

Bringing his twin gifts of scientific speculation and scathing satire to bear on that hapless planet, Earth, Lem sends his unlucky cosmonaut, Ijon Tichy, to the Eighth Futurological Congress. Caught up in local revolution, Tichy is shot and so critically wounded that he is flashfrozen to await a future cure. Translated by Michael Kandel.

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Hapless cosmonaut Ijon Tichy has been sent back to earth to attend the Eighth Futurological Congress in smog-bound, overpopulated Costa Rica, holed up with an assortment of scientists in a luxury hotel (fully equipped with tear gas sprinklers in case things get out of hand). But when an unfortunate incident occurs involving a revolution and hallucinogenic drugs in the water supply, Tichy finds himself shot, frozen and thawed out in a future beyond anything he could ever have imagined.

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About the Author:

Stanislaw Lem (1921-2006) was the most widely translated and best known science fiction author writing outside of the English language. Winner of the Kafka Prize, he was a contributor to many magazines, including the New Yorker, and the author of numerous works, including Solaris.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Voyager
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0156340402
• ISBN 13: 9780156340403
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160