Mockingbird

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Mockingbird

By: Walter Tevis

Narrated by: Robert Fass, Nicole Poole

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In a world where the human population has suffered devastating losses, a handful of survivors cling to what passes for life in a postapocalyptic, dying landscape. A world where humans wander, drugged and lulled by electronic bliss. A dying world of no children and no art, where reading is forbidden. And a strange love triangle: Spofforth, who runs the world, the most perfect machine ever created, whose only wish is to die; and Paul and Mary Lou, a man and a woman whose passion for each other is the only hope for the future of human beings on Earth.

An elegiac dystopia of mankind coming to terms with its own imminent extinction, Mockingbird was nominated for a Nebula Award for Best Novel.

Walter TevisRobert FassNicole PooleTantor Audio

Fantasy

Fiction

Genre Fiction

Literary Fiction

Post-Apocalyptic

Science Fiction

Heartfelt

Thought-Provoking

Emotionally Gripping

Dystopian

Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Heartfelt Thought-Provoking Emotionally Gripping Dystopian

Critic reviews

" Mockingbird will become one of those books that coming generations will periodically rediscover with wonder and delight." ( The Washington Post)

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Walter Tevis was an incredibly insightful and highly intelligent author. Well ahead of his time. A lot of current authors could learn a valuable thing or two from him. This book is breathtaking. I didn’t want it to end. The imagery is wonderfully potent. It’s almost like having a painting created before your eyes. I am so glad this is being made into a film. And like The Queen’s Gambit, it will very likely be a huge success. I only wish Walter was here to see it.