Lem has a lot of fun, mocking these groups, conferences in general and, of course, all the different nationalities at the population explosion conference. The conference takes place in the Hilton Hotel, where a variety of other conferences are taking place (ranging from matchbook collectors to student protest veterans). Ijon Tichy is sent to a futurological congress in Costa Rica, whose theme is the population explosion and how to deal with it. This novel may be about a futurological congress but a whole lot of other things seem to happen in the 150 pages of the story. Kongres Futurologiczny (The Futurological Congress: from the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy) Kongres Futurologiczny (The Futurological Congress: from the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy) Stanisław Lem: Ze wspomnień Ijona Tichego. Home » Poland » Stanisław Lem » Ze wspomnień Ijona Tichego.
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