THE EIGHTH WORLD FUTUROLOGICAL CONGRESS was held in Costa Rica.
An edition of Kongres futurologiczny
(1974)
The Futurological Congress
From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy
by Stanisław Lem
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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.
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Der futurologische Kongreß: Aus Ijon Tichys Erinnerungen
2009, Suhrkamp
Paperback
in German
- Erste Auflage dieser Ausgabe
3518461338 9783518461334
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Le congrès de futurologie
January 1, 1984, J'ai lu
Mass Market Paperback
in French
2277217395 9782277217398
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The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy
1974, Seabury Press
in English and Polish
0816492220 9780816492220
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Translation of Ze wspomnień Ijona Tichego; kongres futurologiczny.
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