First published 2017
Ijon Tichy, a hapless scientist, attends a wild futurological congress where the line between dream and waking blurs. As he navigates a disorienting landscape of warping realities and philosophical conundrums, Tichy confronts the very nature of consciousness. With each strange encounter, the fabric of existence unravels further, leading to a mind-bending climax that questions the nature of reality itself.
Genres: science-fiction, fantasy, surreal
Vibes: disorienting, mind-bending, thought-provoking
Tropes: mind-trip, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Congress
Period: Future
120 pages · Kindle Edition · Penguin Books