by Stanisław Lem · tapa blanda · ISBN 8410018046600
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The Futurological Congress is a science fiction novel by Polish author Stanisław Lem, published in 1971. The work narrates the adventures of Ijon Tichy, a space traveler who attends a scientific congress in Costa Rica. Due to a series of unfortunate events, Tichy finds himself involved in surreal and hallucinatory situations, exploring themes such as the manipulation of reality, technology, and the human condition. The novel is a scathing satire of science, politics, and contemporary society.
Stanisław Herman Lem was a Polish writer. He was the author of many novels, short stories, and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fiction stories are of satirical and humorous character. Lem's books have been translated into more than 50 languages and have sold more than 45 million copies. Worldwide, he is best known as the author of the 1961 novel Solaris. In 1976, Theodore Sturgeon wrote that Lem was the most widely read science fiction writer in the world.
