In the years since the novel's publication, much has changed in the country: the sense of anarchy has disappeared, clients and advertising producers have changed, 'creators' are now called 'copywriters,' and computer reality has become more important than television. But the cult status of 'Generation P' has remained unchanged: despite its close connection to its generation and era, its parable element has proven stronger than the immediate. Young people still recognize themselves in Babylon Tatarsky, and spiritualistic séances with Comandante Che reveal to them the truth about the nature of man and society.