Generation P Signed First Edition Reference

Generation ‘P’ (Vagrius, Moscow, 1999; English as Homo Zapiens: Viking, 2000; later reprinted as Babylon) is Pelevin’s breakthrough novel — a savage satire of post-Soviet Russia in which an unemployed poet becomes a copywriter creating political advertising and discovers that the entire Russian political class is a virtual construction, computer-generated images designed to manipulate the population. Written in 1999, the novel anticipates deepfake technology and virtual political manipulation with unsettling prescience.

Signed Copy Market Values

• Signed English first (Viking): $75–$200
• Unsigned English first: $8–$15

The Pelevin novel with the widest international readership — its satirical vision of post-Soviet media manipulation has proven increasingly relevant.