The Futurological Congress
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'This Room Guaranteed BOMB-FREE. From the Management' 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. 'A giant of twentieth-century science fiction' Guardian
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5 primary books#3 in Ijon Tichy
Ijon Tichy is a 5-book series with 5 released primary works first released in 1961 with contributions by Stanisław Lem.
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A scientist is sent to a conference to discuss how people see the future shaping up. There's a riot, he's wounded, he ends up in a world of weirdness. The book is a somewhat rollicking satire that boils over into absurdity and ends like some kid just rang your doorbell and ran away.
Lem has put together a book full of pretend words strung together with the skill of a carpet weaver in the Middle East. The drug addled world that he builds upon an embattled political landscape is layer on layer of misdirection to the point where everyone is totally blind to their own reality.
Despegue acelerado y aterrizaje súbito, pero igual severo viaje. Necesitaré una dosis de procesinol de qué-monda-acabo-de-leer-icilina.
