Most labor has been taken over by machines, with only a handful of jobs requiring extremely skilled individuals. The story takes place in the city state of Argoland, a future dystopia that merged the two within another iteration of automated luxury communism. He wrote this book in 1982, at the height of the second Cold War and martial law in Poland, as a critique of both ideologies: capitalism and communism. Though soc What Lem is to Polish hard scifi, Zajdel is to Polish social science fiction. What Lem is to Polish hard scifi, Zajdel is to Polish social science fiction. I think this is indeed a good book to read especially since it touches social science and gives readers a thought about what would happen if two systems are competing at the same time (communism versus capitalism).more This is a theme we often found in films or books in general about how we use an extraterrestrial entity as the POV to question the morals of humans For example, when the humankind is put into some kind of experiment, they want to find out what they will do when given a situation that might cost their lives. He then found out that the society he’s been living in is a program made by aliens. Basically, his high IQ can easily make him among the 0’s, but he doesn’t want to. The main character, Sneer, is someone who prefers to be in mid-class because he’s anarchist. 0’s are the intelligent ones, and those above 4 can hold good jobs. The story tells about a dystopian future where the society is divided into classes according to their IQ level. There are even cashless countries in today’s tech age. Who knew that this story uses a concept like electronic wallets-something we now know what it is and it is used worldwide. The main character, Sneer, is someone who prefers Limes inferior by Janusz A.
I think Limes Inferior is a masterpiece.more It is like neither but if one likes Soviet SF (Strugatsky, etc.) then it is also probably going to suit your tastes as well. Soviet SF is not like Western (or specifically US) at that time, but many might then assume it is similar to Soviet SF. It is not from the Soviet Union, I brought that up for comparison purposes. And the Alice in Wonderland reference was good - similar to but better played than the Matrix (years later).ĮDIT: In case I was not clear - The author is POLISH.
Not only did the book deal with the lack of freedom, the downfalls of communism (indirectly - not stated as such), and its effects on people, but it also looked behind the curtain and you saw the kind of corruption that exists at all levels. I kind of think this book wouldn't have seen the light of day if the author had been living in the Soviet Union, just too many things that would be uncomfortable and embarrassing to let loose. But what set it apart from other Soviet literature was that the characters had more "life" to them, they weren't all as beat down as the system they were living within. Mainly it struck me that this novel couldn't have been written in the West, it had to come from someone inside soviet/communist bloc. i have read a lot of soviet SF in the past and there are some similarities in this to those, but not many. I kind of think this book wouldn't have seen the light Very interesting to say the least.
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