Player Piano (Mekhanicheskoye Pianino)

Welcome to a brave new world!
Society is divided into two unequal halves. The privileged group consists of people with a high level of intelligence – managers and engineers in fully automated production. The rest exist on the other side of the river – without a specific occupation, in a machine-controlled space of moderation.
It seems that both the wolves and the sheep are well-fed and safe. But is this really so? And is satiety the only issue?
The conflict between the conveniences established by inertia and the true needs of man is described with inimitable irony and causticity, as well as the depth that distinguishes the best works of Kurt Vonnegut.