Futurological Congress _ Futurological Congress

Stanislav Lem

Chem nado polivat' luga, chtoby ot solnechnykh luchey iz travy obrazovyvalsya tvorog, i pochemu ne stoit prinimat' ot neznakomykh devits predlozheniye "dryabnut' v subbotu na pritirochku"? Kak oskorbil Iyona Tikhogo v luchshikh chuvstvakh professor Tarantoga i chem otlichayetsya "osedlyy" uchenyy ot "kochuyushchego"? Pochemu ne stoit opasat'sya robotov-mazurikov i kakov tekst potryasayushchego khita "Lish' kretiny i kanalii nenavidyat genitalii"? Kakov luchshiy sposob bor'by s demograficheskim vzryvom – ugovory, sudebnyye prigovory, deerotizatsiya, prinuditel'naya tselibatizatsiya, strogaya izolyatsiya ili staraya dobraya kasratsiya? I voobshche – chto den' gryadushchiy nam gotovit? Kniga, cloth kotoroy ne sushchestvovalo by trilogii "Matritsa". Kniga, vpervyye opublikovannaya v dalekom 1971 godu i okazavshayasya pochti nepravdopodobno prorocheskoy.