The Futurological Congress (from the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy)

The Futurological Congress (from the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy)
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 160
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ISBN-10 : 0156340402
ISBN-13 : 9780156340403
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Download or read book The Futurological Congress (from the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy) written by Stanisław Lem and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1985 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing his twin gifts of scientific speculation and scathing satire to bear on that hapless planet, Earth, Lem sends his unlucky cosmonaut, Ijon Tichy, to the Eighth Futurological Congress. Caught up in local revolution, Tichy is shot and so critically wounded that he is flashfrozen to await a future cure. Translated by Michael Kandel.


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