false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177797675m/733473.jpg 733473 18 Bringing his twin gifts of scientific speculation and scathing satire to bear on that hapless planet, Earth, Lem sends his unlucky cosmonaut, Ijon Tichy, to the Eighth Futurological Congress. Caught up in local revolution, Tichy is shot and so critically wounded that he is flashfrozen to await a future cure. Translated by Michael Kandel. 1271698 1971 The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy total:451|5:169|4:177|3:88|2:16|1:1| 451 1850 605 47 5 3 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Jun 24 14:35:53 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 24 14:38:35 -0700 2007 2 1 false false Fri Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 23:27:55 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 14:23:39 -0700 2008 1
Stanislaw Lem writes with a style that is inaccessible for me, but I could see as being accessible for other people. This book, published in 1971, was too psychedelic for me and consisted ...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 13:02:11 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 12:18:00 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 16:25:20 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 03:17:19 -0700 2008 The Futurological Congress follows one of the adventures of character Ijon Tichy as he is caught up in...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 24 18:43:05 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 18:58:21 -0700 2009
It's better to compare it to Douglas Adams. "Congress" contains a sermon on the ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Mar 28 13:41:33 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 28 13:45:13 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 27 16:54:20 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 17:12:28 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 26 07:34:15 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 07:34:15 -0800 2009 1
This is a dystopian, chaotic future, full of rioting and hallucinogenic drugs used as societal control....more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 16:13:27 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 11:32:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1984 Fri Jun 19 12:57:22 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 13:03:14 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 08 16:30:29 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 19:04:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 09:13:23 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 05 03:12:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 08 15:08:30 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 17 18:59:28 -0800 2008
Ijon Tichy, a cosmonaut, is called upon (sometime in the near future) to attend the 8th Futurological Congress in Costa Rica. There, scientists convene to discuss sol...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jun 14 07:21:06 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 07:22:00 -0700 2009 This is a really amusing and thought-provoking story. To...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 12 21:59:06 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 21:59:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1984 Thu Jan 08 15:31:54 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 14:22:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 12 06:13:31 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 04:55:40 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 06:13:31 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Aug 22 18:45:57 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 18:45:57 -0700 2008 Fiasco, Peace on Earth, and many etc). This time, he is attending the Eighth Futurological Congress in Costa Rica on an angry and overcrowded Earth. A revoluti...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 09 19:57:13 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 19:58:41 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 11 20:46:16 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 11 20:56:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=733473