Reviews

Kongres futurologiczny. Opowiadania Ijona Tichego by Stanisław Lem, Wojciech Orliński, Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński, Jerzy Jarzębski

ultracheese's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

BRO SLOW DOWN

chandlabing1987's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

angus_mckeogh's review against another edition

3.0

Starts off a bit confusing and disconnected. Then transitions into a pretty interesting “Matrix”esque type future dystopian narrative where inhabitants of the distant future are living in a world where pharmaceuticals are used to convince people that things are great. Picks up where the novel switches to diary entries.

bllowns's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

dapplezee's review against another edition

4.0

This is a very weird book.

grayjay's review against another edition

1.0

Lem clearly had a good time with wordplay, making up punny names for all the medications, and there are some good ones.

Otherwise this "novel" barely holds together. It reads as the ramblings of an LSD tripper, which is probably what he's going for, but I've read enough of these trip novels now.

spikespiegel's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

redrobot's review against another edition

4.0

So good! This book is an easy and quick read, but plants seeds in your mind that will bear interesting fruit later...

lmurphy93's review against another edition

2.0

I absolutely love the concept of this book. In fact, I keep finding myself wanting to bring it up in conversation. But... for whatever reason... that felt like the longest 113 pages of my life

mcminnium's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Tichy is such an academic. He's got it all. imposter syndrome, curiosity to his detriment, and anger at the establishment.