by Stanislaw Lem · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420688206
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Published in 1971, 'Congreso de futurología' is a work by the renowned Polish author Stanislaw Lem, belonging to the series of stories starring Ijon Tichy. In this edition by Alianza Editorial, Lem presents us with a masterful portrait of contemporary man's aspiration to well-being, using irony and humor as narrative tools. After a period of hibernation, Tichy is revived in the year 2039 and encounters an apparently utopian world, where peace and general well-being reign. However, this society is controlled by 'psychics', where learning and love are achieved through chemicals, feelings are manipulated, and spontaneity has disappeared. Beneath this facade of abundance and comfort, Tichy discovers an overwhelming reality that surpasses any hallucination.
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.
