The Futurological Congress: Stanislav Lem

Synopsis

'a giant of twentieth-century science fiction' guardian'this room guaranteed bomb-free. From the management'hapless cosmonaut ijon tichy has been sent back to earth to attend the eighth futurological congress in smog-bound, overpopulated costa rica, holed up with an assortment of scientists in a luxury hotel (fully equipped with tear gas sprinklers in case things get out of hand). But when an unfortunate incident occurs involving a revolution and hallucinogenic drugs in the water supply, tichy finds himself shot, frozen and thawed out in a future beyond anything he could ever have imagined.