Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy - Stanislaw Lem

Ijon Tichy has been invited to attend the 8th Annual Futurological Congress; an International meeting of delegates that is seeking a solution to the global population explosion of the near future. When he arrives in Costa Rica however he finds the country in the throes of a violent revolution. In an attempt to quell the rioters the local government starts dropping LTN bombs (LTN - Love Thy Neighbour, an experimental drug that brings overwhelming feelings of love and friendship). As even heavier artillery is brought in to push the revolutionaries back, Tichy finds himself drugged by the chemicals in the air and manages to stumble into a sewer where he suffers violent ...