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by Stanislaw Lem (Author)
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  • Paperback: 156 pages
  • Publisher: Harcourt Publishers Ltd; 1st Harvest/HBJ Ed edition (Oct 1985)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0156340402
  • ISBN-13: 978-0156340403
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.4 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 233,714 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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World-renowned cosmonaut Ijon Tichy, persuaded to attent the Eighth World Futurological Congress, is severely injured when the Congress is routed by Costa Rican revolutionaries, is refrigerated in liquid nitrogen, and awakens the year 2039.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Five stars is not enough, 8 Aug 2000
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It is impossible to say how highly i recommend this book . It is by turns exciting, thought provoking and above all funny ; but i think that its constantant questioning of our perception of reality that is just downright scary. Accept no substitute! This book is for everyone who doubts the real(?) world and for all those who think Orwells 1984 could well be happening. Did i just write this ? I may never know.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece by a great master, 30 Mar 1998
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I have been for a long time a fan of the Stanislaw Lem works. I got acquainted with some of his novels (Solaris, Star Diaries and Eden) when I was a kid, and without any doubt the great master has shaped my world outlook. I have been lucky enough to be able to read the Lem's works in Russian (my native language), which is of course much closer to the original Polish than English. I have heard that the Lem's translations by Michel Kandel to English are simply great. Luckily enough he has also translated this book - the Futurological Congress, which I consider to be one of the best works written by Stanislaw Lem. Futurological Congress is a bright example of the great master's ability to combine "uncombinable": SF spirit, deep philosophy and inflammatory humor. I don't want to retell here the content of the book - it is immeasurably funnier to read the novel itself. I dare to rate the novel higher than for example the celebrated Rendezvous with Rama by A.Clark. The latter is unique in its detailed trustworthiness, but is left far behind by the Futurological Congress' spectrum of adventures for the reader's mind.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Pulp Fiction Made Smart, 2 Sep 1998
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I don't what made me pick this up when I was nineteen, but I've never been the same since. Lem takes some of the hoariest cliches in the genre and rethinks them, never falling into the traps that are set for so much of the genre. This is science ficion with Idea as its character, extrapolation as its plot diagram. It is one of the smartest skiffy novels I have ever read.
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