The Futurological Congress
Subtitle: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy
By: Translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel.
Series: A Continuum book
Publisher: Seabury Press
Published: 1974
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng; pol
Translated from: pol
Translation of: Kongres futurologiczny
Number of pages: 149
Description: The futurologists of the world have gathered at their Eighth World Congress at the Costa Rica Hilton to discuss the problem of overpopulation. Their deliberations, however, are interrupted by a revolution which the government attempts to quell with chemical weapons. The air and water are laden with "benignimizers" and other exotic drags which send futurologist Tichy careening into a hallucinatory tomorrow. Lem's view of the overcrowded future is original and disturbing. A pessimistic, mordantly funny book, well translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel -- Kirkus Review.
Notes: Translation of Ze wspomnień Ijona Tichego; kongres futurologiczny.