The Futurological Congress - Stanislaw Lem

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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.