The Futurological Congress

by Stanisław Lem

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

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