Try The Futurological Congress - that is brilliantly funny (avoid the movie however which is abysmally unfunny). Lem is the master of books where nothing happe

Try The Futurological Congress - that is brilliantly funny (avoid the movie however which is abysmally unfunny). Lem is the master of books where nothing happens. It's definitely an acquired taste. His Master's Voice and Fiasco are both books with classical science fiction premises which are then completely undermined when the characters proceed to achieve nothing - except perhaps a recognition of the punyness of human intellect. I've found that (as also with JG Ballard) you need to be in a very "slow" mindset to enjoy them. But the sense of almost...well...boredom is definitely part of the experience.