內容簡介
內容簡介 「二十世紀科幻小說界的巨人」─英國衛報Ijon Tichy應要求去參加第八屆未來對策大會,這次大會討論的主題是人類數量過多的問題和研究對策,會議地點在哥斯大黎加的希爾頓飯店。在會議舉行的過程中,突然發生了躁動,政府為了緩和混亂,在飲用水中投藥,沒想到Tichy和其他與會者也因此被下藥,但他和部分人還是找到機會從飯店的地下道逃出飯店。在地下道逃難過程中,Tichy體驗了一連串的幻象,醒了又再次跌入幻象,循環幾次之後他已搞不清楚什麼是真什麼是假,最後醒來的時候,他認為自己是從好幾年的沉睡中甦醒,當下已經是未來世界,這個未來世界每個人都服藥來產生幻覺,用幻覺來取代現實世界……史坦尼斯勞.萊姆來自波蘭,被稱為是二十世紀最知名的非英語系科幻小說作家,最知名的作品是《索拉力星》,本書於一九七一年初版,主角Ijon Tichy也曾出現在他其他作品中。'A giant of twentieth-century science fiction' Guardian'This Room Guaranteed BOMB-FREE. From the Management'Hapless cosmonaut Ijon Tichy has been sent back to earth to attend the Eighth Futurological Congress in smog-bound, overpopulated Costa Rica, holed up with an assortment of scientists in a luxury hotel (fully equipped with tear gas sprinklers in case things get out of hand). But when an unfortunate incident occurs involving a revolution and hallucinogenic drugs in the water supply, Tichy finds himself shot, frozen and thawed out in a future beyond anything he could ever have imagined.
作者介紹
作者介紹 Stanislaw Lem Stanislaw Lem is the most widely translated and best known science fiction author writing outside of the English language. Winner of the Kafka Prize, he is a contributor to many magazines, including the New Yorker, and he is the author of numerous works, including Solaris.