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The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy
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The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy

Stanisław Lem
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Ijon Tichy is sent to the 8th World Futurological Congress by Prof Tarantoga. The conference focuses on overpopulation. It's held at the 164 storey Costa Rica Hilton in Nounas. Absurdities abound with the Hilton's guaranteed Bomb-free rooms & the extravagance of the suite, including a palm grove & an 'all-girl orchestra play[ing] Bach while performing a cleverly choreographed striptease'. The conference is absurd. Papers are too numerous to allow full presentations. They're distributed & speakers call out paragraph numbers of the salient points. Tichy drinks tap water & an hallucinogenic trip begins. Notably, it never becomes more or less absurd than the glimpse of reality presented at the outset. Next day he learns the government has drugged the water supply with Love Thy Neighbor, ...Read More

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The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy
The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy
Ijon Tichy #3

The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy

Stanisław Lem
3.6
4 ratings
Published year: 1971
Pages: 149

Ijon Tichy is sent to the 8th World Futurological Congress by Prof Tarantoga. The conference focuses on overpopulation. It's held at the 164 storey Costa Rica Hilton in Nounas. Absurdities abound with the Hilton's guaranteed Bomb-free rooms & the extravagance of the suite, including a palm grove & an 'all-girl orchestra play[ing] Bach while performing a cleverly choreographed striptease'. The conference is absurd. Papers are too numerous to allow full presentations. They're distributed & speakers call out paragraph numbers of the salient points. Tichy drinks tap water & an hallucinogenic trip begins. Notably, it never becomes more or less absurd than the glimpse of reality presented at the outset. Next day he learns the government has drugged the water supply with Love Thy Neighbor, ...Read More

Science FictionDystopianHumorClassicsFantasyScienceRussiaShort Stories

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