Futurological Congress (Penguin Modern Classics)

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Haplesscosmonaut Ijon Tichy has been sent back to earth to attend the EighthFuturological Congress in smog-bound, overpopulated Costa Rica, holed upwith an assortment of scientists in a luxury hotel (fully equipped withtear gas sprinklers in case things get out of hand). But when anunfortunate incident occurs involving a revolution and hallucinogenicdrugs in the water supply, Tichy finds himself shot, frozen and thawedout in a future beyond anything he could ever have imagined.