Ijon Tichy encounters bizarre civilizations and creatures in space that serve to satirize science, the rational mind, theology, and other icons of human pride
Ijon Tichy Series
Embark on wild and unexpected cosmic adventures across the vastness of space. Encounter bizarre civilizations and strange creatures that serve as sharp satire on science, reason, and human pride. Each story is filled with incredible inventions and absurd situations designed to provoke thought and laughter. This is a fascinating journey exploring the boundaries of human knowledge and imagination.
Recommended Reading Order
- 1
- 1
@lt;DIV@gt;Ijon Tichy, Lem's Candide of the Cosmos, encounters bizarre civilizations and creatures in space that serve to satirize science, the rational mind, theology, and other icons of human pride. Line drawings by the Author. Translated by Michael Kandel. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book@lt;br@gt;@lt;/div@gt;
- 2
Memoirs of a Space Traveler
- 200 pages
- 7 hours of reading
The travels of Ijon Tichy, a Gulliver of the space age, who encounters faulty time machines, intelligent washing machines, suicidal potatoes, and other puzzling phenomena.
- 3
The Futurological Congress
- 144 pages
- 6 hours of reading
'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.
- 4
Peace on Earth
- 240 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Ijon Tichy is the only human who knows for sure whether the self-programming robots on the moon are plotting a terrestrial invasion. But a highly focused ray severs his corpus collosum. Now his left brain can’t remember the secret and his uncooperative right brain won’t tell. Tichy struggles for control of the lost memory and of his own two warring sides. Translated by Elinor Ford with Michael Kandel. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
- 5
Lokaltermin
Roman | Vom großen Vordenker und Kritiker der Künstlichen Intelligenz
- 340 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Der Erzähler heißt Ijon Tichy: der Held der Sterntagebücher setzt hier seine außerirdischen Erkundungen fort. Zunächst betreibt er in der Schweiz Studien im Institut für Geschichtsmaschinen, einer Filiale des Ministeriums für Außerirdische Angelegenheiten. Dort wird mit allen verfügbaren Daten die Geschichte ferner Planeten simuliert. Ausgangspunkt ist Tichys Darstellung des Planeten Entia in der 14. Reise: anscheinend hat Tichy einen Vergnügungsmond, ein kosmisches Disney-Land, mit dem Planeten selbst verwechselt. Während der wichtigsten Reise seiner Laufbahn führt Tichy Gespräche mit Russell, Popper, Feyerabend und Shakespeare, d.h. mit kybernetischen Persönlichkeitskopien auf Kassetten.
