The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy
by Stanislaw Lem 2020-11-24 06:44:27
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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 critic... Read more
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.
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  • 8 X 5.31 X 0.47 in
  • 160
  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • February 1, 2001
  • English
  • 9780156340403
Stanisław Herman Lem (12/13 Sep 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer of science fiction and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his sc...
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