Janusz A. Zajdel

Limes inferior (Latin for lower limit) is a social science fiction dystopian novel written in 1982 by the Polish author Janusz A. Zajdel. Limes inferior, one of Zajdel's best known works, is a dystopia showing a grim vision of a future society resulting from a merger of the two systems competing at the time - communism and capitalism. It is a seemingly free society, which is in fact tightly controlled through a system of electronic biometric ID cards (Keys), censored media and other forms of social control. It was recognized as the best science fiction novel in Poland in 1982. credit

Collection of essays about space exploration, contact with ancient alien civilizations, debunking of charlatans, and the encounter with Stanley Kubrik for 2001: A Space Odyssey movie production.