About the book: 1978 / The only novel by the author in the hard science fiction genre (Latvian 1971; Russian 1978). The action takes place (in the 1st part) in the near “capitalist” future and (in the 2nd part) in the world after the catastrophe; The plot is based on the history of the creation of television and biological control systems for a totalitarian society. "Morton's Pyramid" is one of the few Soviet books of an anti-capitalist ideological orientation that has remained relevant in the new century. And much of what is described in the book makes you think about what is happening in our world now. And - about what else may be to come...