Stanisław Lem

The Futurological Congress (from the memoirs of Ijon Tichy)

Le congrès de futurologie

The farcical tone irritated me at first but it quickly takes a deeper — and darker — turn. Interesting story on the theme of illusions, with political undertones.

Martin

Konrad Lischka

eileen sheats

Maurice FitzGerald

Denys D

Vladimir

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.

The Futurological Congress (from the memoirs of Ijon Tichy)

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