The Futurological Congress

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

People: Igon Tichy

Places: Costa Rica,  New York