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excitement and life.He wason a stretcher when he first experi-enced the power of consciousness en-veloping his nascent being like a wave,becoming his being.His constrictedthroat gagged and then cried out atthe force of it-at the force of being inthe world.  \n\"He was named Spofforth by one ofthe few men who still knew how toread....”  \nWalter Tevis,internationally ac-claimed author of The Hustler andThe Man Who Fell to Earth,has givenus a brilliantly vivid glimpse at afuture where the human race has vol-untarily given up its freedom to ma-chines and technology,where“quicksex”is best,where people would ratherburn themselves alive than endure.It  \n(continued on back fap)  \nhttps://archive.org/details/bywalterstevismo0000unse  \n# MOCKINGBIRD\n\nMOCKINGBIRD  \nWALTER TEVIS  \nDOUBLEDAY &COMPANY,INC  \nGARDEN CITY,NEW YORK  \nAll of the characters in this bookare fictitious,and any resemblanceto actual persons,living or dead,is purely coincidental.  \nLines from The Hollow Men and The Song of Simeon in Collected Poems1909-1962 by T.S.Eliot,copyright 1936 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,Inc.;copyright   1963,1964 by T.S.Eliot.Reprinted by permission ofthe publisher and Faber &Faber Ltd.  \nFor Eleanora Walker","cbCainhvj1ydOs8P","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainhvj1ydOs8P","pdf",12325492,264,"English","# Introduction to Spofforth\n## Themes of Technological Dependence\n## The Decline of Human Autonomy","[{\"question\":\"Who is the author of the novel Mockingbird?\",\"answer\":\"The novel was written by Walter Tevis, who is also the author of The Hustler and The Man Who Fell to Earth.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the central premise of Mockingbird?\",\"answer\":\"The book depicts a dystopian future where humanity has voluntarily relinquished its freedom and autonomy to machines and technology, leading to a society defined by extreme apathy.\"},{\"question\":\"What specific human ability is highlighted as being rare in the world of Mockingbird?\",\"answer\":\"The text notes that 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