Mockingbird

This book is kind of a cross between Brave New World and "Fahrenheit 451". It's a dystopian, post-apocalyptic novel where reading is outlawed and what remains of the human population lives in a constant drugged, illiterate, sterile, television-obsessed society "served" by robots. This book got under my skin and kept me in a state of despair. I was profoundly moved by the decay of civilization depicted. Tevis is the author of many famous books, including "The Man Who Fell to Earth", "The Hustler", "The Color of Money", and "The Queen's Gambit. Yet, I had never heard of him. In this book, his prose and world-building are excellent. Reading it is intense as he vividly depicts the end of human life at the hands of a narcissistic robot.

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