The Futurological Congress
Stanislaw Lem's satirical novella follows astronaut Ijon Tichy through layers of chemically induced hallucinations at an academic congress gone wrong.
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Cosmonaut Ijon Tichy attends a futurological congress in Costa Rica, only to be caught in a riot in which authorities lace the water with mood-altering drugs. He wakes decades later in a sanitized utopia, possibly.
The Futurological Congress was written by Stanislaw Lem and originally published in Polish in 1971. The English translation by Michael Kandel was released in 1974. It is one of Lem's most accessible novels.
Yes. Ari Folman directed a 2013 hybrid live-action/animated film loosely based on The Futurological Congress, titled The Congress and starring Robin Wright. Lem's family disliked the adaptation; the film differs significantly.
The Futurological Congress is a standalone novel by Stanisław Lem, not part of a series.
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