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Review: Destined to be a classic - I read science fiction only very occasionally. Usually, I can enjoy the ideas it provokes, but don’t think much of it as literature. This book is by Walter Tevis, who also wrote THE HUSTLER, THE COLOR OF MONEY, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, and THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT. Tevis was a brilliant author and wrote this story of a dystopian future that goes beyond the sci-fi genre. I’d classify it as a work of literature right up there with 1984 and BRAVE NEW WORLD. However, there is a big difference between Tevis and his predecessors: whereas the Orwell and Huxley books have quite grim endings, this one is not a total downer. Orwell and Huxley were giving warnings; Tevis was writing about the will to be human. Set in an earthly future a few hundred years from now, humans have been deemed obsolete. Robots are now in control and the robots’ AI has convinced them that humans need to die out. As a result, there are very few humans left who are capable of reproducing. But those capable few are not really very interested, thanks to drugs and brainwashing. At first glance this future society seems normal—there are children playing in the park and enjoying watching the animals at the zoo. But it turns out that the children and the animals are all robots and androids. The androids have pleasant personalities and a kind of intellect. They can learn. They have some feelings, but they cannot fall in love and they wish they could. They have no reproductive organs, either internal or external. The really smart ones wish they could just kill themselves like so many of the last humans are doing, but they cannot go against their programming and end up living unhappily for centuries. Enter a rebellious young human woman who secretly won’t take the drugs and wants to have a child, although she has no idea of how to do it. There are lots of parallels between this young woman and the Biblical Eve. This is not genre fiction; it’s a work of art. Fast-moving and full of provocative questions, I found it very compelling reading! I read it in 4 days. I haven’t read a novel so quickly in decades. Recommended! Review: Dated, solid, a little problematic, but a good read. - This is a solid classic of SF -- it has that dated feel that one gets today from something written in the 60s -- which makes me wonder why I never heard mention of it before. When I started the book I knew it was written a while ago, but I didn't check the publication date before I began reading, then I had fun figuring out when it written based on the story. Very few computers, no internet, so pre-1990. Turns out it was 1980. I must admit that I found the black male robot with no genitals to be somewhat disturbing. What was the author saying by making him black? It was definitely pointed that he was black, but a castrated black man? A statement about black men in America? A disturbing statement. That's one reason I'm giving it only 4 stars. I wondered if the author were black, but he's white. Turns out he wrote the books that the movies "The Hustler" and "The Man Who Fell to Earth" were made from. Interestingly I happened on Mockingbird because I found a reviewer whose reviews I liked a lot, and she loved a book called Mockingbird, but I'd forgotten the details when I moved from being interested in books she liked to actually buying one of them. So I bought the wrong Mockingbird! I had a good read anyway, and now I have an excellent YA novel (the Kathryn Erskine Mockingbird) to look forward to. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B07H166YQ3 | | Accessibility | Learn more | | Best Sellers Rank | #564,110 in Kindle Store ( See Top 100 in Kindle Store ) #2,470 in Romance Literary Fiction #4,437 in Dystopian Science Fiction (Kindle Store) #5,349 in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction (Kindle Store) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (2,545) | | Enhanced typesetting | Enabled | | File size | 2.6 MB | | ISBN-13 | 978-0795342905 | | Language | English | | Page Flip | Enabled | | Print length | 292 pages | | Publication date | September 29, 2014 | | Publisher | RosettaBooks | | Screen Reader | Supported | | Word Wise | Enabled | | X-Ray | Not Enabled | ## Images ![Mockingbird - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71MPvX1zJ1L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Destined to be a classic *by K***N on June 19, 2024* I read science fiction only very occasionally. Usually, I can enjoy the ideas it provokes, but don’t think much of it as literature. This book is by Walter Tevis, who also wrote THE HUSTLER, THE COLOR OF MONEY, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, and THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT. Tevis was a brilliant author and wrote this story of a dystopian future that goes beyond the sci-fi genre. I’d classify it as a work of literature right up there with 1984 and BRAVE NEW WORLD. However, there is a big difference between Tevis and his predecessors: whereas the Orwell and Huxley books have quite grim endings, this one is not a total downer. Orwell and Huxley were giving warnings; Tevis was writing about the will to be human. Set in an earthly future a few hundred years from now, humans have been deemed obsolete. Robots are now in control and the robots’ AI has convinced them that humans need to die out. As a result, there are very few humans left who are capable of reproducing. But those capable few are not really very interested, thanks to drugs and brainwashing. At first glance this future society seems normal—there are children playing in the park and enjoying watching the animals at the zoo. But it turns out that the children and the animals are all robots and androids. The androids have pleasant personalities and a kind of intellect. They can learn. They have some feelings, but they cannot fall in love and they wish they could. They have no reproductive organs, either internal or external. The really smart ones wish they could just kill themselves like so many of the last humans are doing, but they cannot go against their programming and end up living unhappily for centuries. Enter a rebellious young human woman who secretly won’t take the drugs and wants to have a child, although she has no idea of how to do it. There are lots of parallels between this young woman and the Biblical Eve. This is not genre fiction; it’s a work of art. Fast-moving and full of provocative questions, I found it very compelling reading! I read it in 4 days. I haven’t read a novel so quickly in decades. Recommended! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Dated, solid, a little problematic, but a good read. *by P***U on November 17, 2015* This is a solid classic of SF -- it has that dated feel that one gets today from something written in the 60s -- which makes me wonder why I never heard mention of it before. When I started the book I knew it was written a while ago, but I didn't check the publication date before I began reading, then I had fun figuring out when it written based on the story. Very few computers, no internet, so pre-1990. Turns out it was 1980. I must admit that I found the black male robot with no genitals to be somewhat disturbing. What was the author saying by making him black? It was definitely pointed that he was black, but a castrated black man? A statement about black men in America? A disturbing statement. That's one reason I'm giving it only 4 stars. I wondered if the author were black, but he's white. Turns out he wrote the books that the movies "The Hustler" and "The Man Who Fell to Earth" were made from. Interestingly I happened on Mockingbird because I found a reviewer whose reviews I liked a lot, and she loved a book called Mockingbird, but I'd forgotten the details when I moved from being interested in books she liked to actually buying one of them. So I bought the wrong Mockingbird! I had a good read anyway, and now I have an excellent YA novel (the Kathryn Erskine Mockingbird) to look forward to. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Prescient *by F***R on May 20, 2024* You will hear echoes of all the dystopian classics — Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, 1984, etc. — but with an important twist. This is the story of a drug addled humanity, brainwashed to believe that meaningful human relationships are an invasion of privacy and a violation of individuality. And who is doing the brainwashing? A mostly dilapidated collection of robots that don’t function very well anymore. It’s a brilliant anticipation of an AI controlled world where nothing really works and humans have lost the capacity to care. Sound familiar? This is another masterpiece from the incredible mind of Walter Tevis, who not only possessed a fabulous imagination but also wrote like a dream. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ph/products/150464007-mockingbird](https://www.desertcart.ph/products/150464007-mockingbird) --- *Product available on Desertcart Philippines* *Store origin: PH* *Last updated: 2026-05-28*