Review of 'Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Surreal and chilling. Less thought provoking for me than some of Lem's other works.
German language
Published May 11, 1979 by Suhrkamp Verlag.
Der futurologische Kongreß
3 stars
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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.