Mockingbird

I could tell with in the first few paragraphs of this book I was really going to like it. The story starts with Robert Spofforth, a very special robot, in fact a Make Nine robot, whistling as he walks down the street. Now to me whistling is a very distinctive human trait. I know some birds can be ta......more

I finished this book in the very early morning and it is there nailed in my head, I have transgressed to my strict rule, never read in the morning because then it prevents me sometimes to be clear in the reception of thought and clear mind with my patients. I do not have much to say about this book ,......more

Something I find endlessly fascinating with dystopias and post-apocalyptic fiction is that very often, the authors show the readers what they are afraid we, as a civilization, will lose, through the changes they imagine the world to have gone through. Reading “Mockingbird” showed me that Walter Tevi......more

Finalmente un vero distopico coi controtutti! C'è tutto: l'analisi sociologica del distopico, il dettaglio tecnico e psicologico, c'è puzza di 1984, di Dick, di Asimov e di tantissimi riferimenti della fantascienza classica, c'è pure la love story per chi ne sente la mancanza (e non è una love story......more

I chose not to read this based on an allegorical bent, and instead chose to enjoy the oh so clear voice of the Robot Who Would End Humanity. Of course, he'd do so only because it seems to be the only way to circumvent his programming to live to serve humanity, but them's the breaks, right, humans? Lo......more