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Mockingbird
From the author of The Queen's Gambit – now a major Netflix drama
Series: S.F. Masterworks
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Mockingbird
Walter Tevis is the acclaimed author of The Hustler, The Man Who Fell to Earth and The Queen's Gambit.
'A moral tale that has elements of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Superman and Star Wars' LA TIMES
Number 70 in the SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written 'Science fiction's great neglected master, one of the definitive bridges between sf and literature' Al Sarrantonio '[Tevis's novels] are at once fables, parables, social satire - adventure stories of a kind. They are also simultaneously, as is much of our greatest literature, comic and tragic...they're uniquely of their time and of all times' James Sallis 'A moral tale that has elements of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, Superman and Star Wars' Los Angeles Times 'A moving examination of people discovering the wonders of human thought and human love' Publishers Weekly
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The future is a grim place in which the declining human population wanders drugged and lulled by electronic bliss. It's a world without art, reading, and children, a world that people would rather burn themselves alive than endure.
Even Spofforth, the most perfect machine ever created, cannot bear it and seeks only that which he cannot have — to cease to be. But there is hope for the future in the passion and joy that a man and woman discover in love and in books, hope even for Spofforth.
Mockingbird is a haunting novel, reverberating with anguish but also celebrating love and the magic of a dream.
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Mockingbird by Walter Tevis blends profound moral themes with elements reminiscent of classics like Brave New World, featuring a narrative rich in both adventure and introspection. Lauded as an underappreciated bridge between science fiction and literature, it combines fable-like storytelling with social satire. The novel is praised for its moving exploration of the beauty of human intellect and emotion, offering a narrative that's both timeless and uniquely reflective of its era.
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ISBN: 9780575079151
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 14 June 2007
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Gollancz
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 240g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Walter Tevis (1928-84) was born in San Francisco but his family moved to Kentucky when he was ten. However, he was suffering from rheumatic fever and was left behind, alone in a hospital. He rejoined his family in Kentucky after a year and attended school there. After service as a carpenter's mate in the Second World War, he went to the University of Kentucky where he earned a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in English. He then taught at various high schools in Kentucky before becoming a professor at the University of Ohio. He began publishing science fiction in 1957. He published THE HUSTLER in 1959 and THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH in 1963 but he was struggling with a serious drink problem and a long gap in his writing career followed. However, in the four years before his death from cancer, he published MOCKINGBIRD, which is now widely recognised as a science-fiction classic, The Steps of the Sun and the Queen's Gambit.
Previous titles:Hustler (Bloomsbury PB Jan 06);TheAlso by Walter Tevis
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