Waanzinnige Wereld

Samenvatting

Ijon Tichy is sent to the 8th World Futurological Congress by Prof Tarantoga. The conference focuses on overpopulation. It's held at the 164 storey Costa Rica Hilton in Nounas. Absurdities abound with the Hilton's guaranteed Bomb-free rooms & the extravagance of the suite, including a palm grove & an 'all-girl orchestra play[ing] Bach while performing a cleverly choreographed striptease'. The conference is absurd. Papers are too numerous to allow full presentations. They're distributed & speakers call out paragraph numbers of the salient points.