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Mockingbird

In a world where the human population has suffered devastating losses, a handful of survivors cling to what passes for life in a post-apocalyptic, dying landscape. A world where humans wander, drugged and lulled by electronic bliss. A dying world of no children and no art, where reading is forbidden. And a strange love triangle: Spofforth, who runs the world, the most perfect machine ever created, whose only wish is to die; and Paul and Mary Lou, a man and a woman whose passion for each other is the only hope for the future of human beings on earth. An elegiac dystopia of mankind coming to terms with its own imminent extinction, Mockingbird was nominated for a Nebula Award for Best Novel. "Because of its affirmation of such persistent human values as curiosity, courage, compassion, along with its undeniable narrative power, Mockingbird will become one of those books that coming generations will periodically re-discover with wonder and delight." The Washington Post

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  • "In a future world where mankind is dying, humans wander through life in a drugged electronic bliss. Quick sex is the norm, and some people would rather commit suicide than live in hopelessness. Humanity's salvation rests with an android who has no desire to live, and a man and a woman who must discover love, hope, and dreams of a world reborn."
  • "Dans la société mécanisée du XXVe siècle, l'humanité s'éteint doucement sous les tranquilisants administrés par des robots programmés à cet effet, dont Robert Spofforth, un androïde ultraperfectionné, doté de grands pouvoirs et sensible à la souffrance. Jusqu'à ce que Paul Bentley, fonctionnaire médiocre, découvre une vieille bibliothèque qu'il entreprend d'explorer, en compagnie de Mary Lou."
  • "Science-fiction? Plutôt anticipation satirique où l'auteur extrapole logiquement et atteint cette irrationalité raisonnable des grandes fables philosophiques. En l'occurence, le tableau de la société américaine dans 500 ans où règne "le meilleur des mondes" que broute "le troupeau aveugle", pour rappeler deux ouvrages de Huxley et de Brunner qui traitent le même schéma. A la fois drôle et tragique."
  • "In a world where the human population has suffered devastating losses, a handful of survivors cling to what passes for life in a post-apocalyptic, dying landscape. A world where humans wander, drugged and lulled by electronic bliss. A dying world of no children and no art, where reading is forbidden. And a strange love triangle: Spofforth, who runs the world, the most perfect machine ever created, whose only wish is to die; and Paul and Mary Lou, a man and a woman whose passion for each other is the only hope for the future of human beings on earth. An elegiac dystopia of mankind coming to terms with its own imminent extinction, Mockingbird was nominated for a Nebula Award for Best Novel. "Because of its affirmation of such persistent human values as curiosity, courage, compassion, along with its undeniable narrative power, Mockingbird will become one of those books that coming generations will periodically re-discover with wonder and delight." The Washington Post"@en
  • "In a future world where mankind is dying, humans wander through life in a drugged electronic bliss. Quick sex is the norm, and some people would rather commit suicide than live in hopelessness. But two people find themselves drawn to each other in an orchestrated coupling by an android that can never die, but who has no desire to continue living."
  • "Een in de 24e eeuw spelende roman, waarin New York de mensen, door robots verzorgd en door pillen versuft, ronddrentelen totdat twee jonge mensen die van elkaar houden zich wel door hun gevoelsleven laten leiden."

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  • "Vědecko-fantastické romány"
  • "Drama"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Science fiction novels"
  • "Americké romány"
  • "Science fiction"@en
  • "Science fiction"
  • "Fremtidsromaner"@da
  • "Powieść amerykańska"
  • "American fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "El Pájaro burlón"
  • "Die Letzten der Menschheit"
  • "Mockingbird : [screenplay]"
  • "Zpěv drozda"
  • "L'Oiseau d'Amérique"
  • "Mockingbird"@tr
  • "Mockingbird"@en
  • "Mockingbird"
  • "Der Letzten der Menschheit"
  • "Spottefuglen"@da
  • "Spottefuglen"
  • "Yhdeksäs aste"@fi
  • "L'Oiseau d'Amérique : roman"
  • "L'oiseau d'Amérique"
  • "Mockingbird : a novel"
  • "El pájaro burlón"@es
  • "El pájaro burlón"
  • "Spotvogel"

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