 Cover of the first English-language edition | |
| Author | Stanisław Lem |
|---|---|
| Original title | Ze wspomnień Ijona Tichego Kongres futurologiczny |
| Translator | Michael Kandel |
| Cover artist | Menten Ted (1st English edition) |
| Language | Polish |
| Genre | |
| Publisher | Seabury Press (1st English edition) |
Publication date | 1971 |
| Publication place | Poland |
Published in English | 1974 |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 0-15-634040-2 |
| OCLC | 11812537 |
| 891.8/537 19 | |
| LC Class | PG7158.L39 Z413 1985 |
The Futurological Congress (Polish: Kongres futurologiczny) is a 1971 black humour science fiction novel by Polish author Stanisław Lem. It details the exploits of the hero of a number of his stories, Ijon Tichy, as he visits the Eighth World Futurological Congress at a Hilton Hotel in Costa Rica.[1] The book is Lem's take on the science fictional trope of an apparently Utopian future that turns out to be an illusion.
- ^ Lem sets the story in a fictional republic of Kostarykana (Costarikana; Costa Rica is called Kostaryka in Polish). In most foreign translations, except the English one by Michael Kandel, the name is rendered as "Costaricana", thus retaining its fictional reference.