Title: Kongres futurologiczny
First published: June 30, 2005
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.
Subjects: Polish fiction, Science fiction, future, Slavic philology, Fiction, science fiction, general, Polish Science fiction
Places: Costa Rica, New York
People: Igon Tichy