{"product_id":"mockingbird-paperback-2","title":"Mockingbird - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWalter Tevis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Set in a far future in which robots run a world with a small and declining human population\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e), a haunting, dystopian vision of humanity and its last hope for survival from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Queen's Gambit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the future, the human race has ceased to progress. Granted endless leisure by widespread automation, the masses devote themselves solely to the pleasures of the here and now, to drugs that dull their senses and electronic bliss that disconnects them from reality. Theirs is a world that is without meaning or purpose, without art, children, or reading, and overseeing the bleak persistence of humanity is an intelligent machine whose only wish is to extinguish its own existence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when two ordinary people begin to fight the system, hope for the human race glimmers in their journey as they attempt to realize the full potential of humanity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWALTER TEVIS is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hustler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Fell to Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Steps of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Queen's Gambit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Color of Money\u003c\/i\u003e, and the short story collection \u003ci\u003eFar from Home\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Fell to Earth\u003c\/i\u003e was the basis for a major motion picture starring David Bowie. \u003ci\u003eThe Hustler\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Color of Money\u003c\/i\u003e were also adapted for film, \u003ci\u003eThe Queen's Gambit\u003c\/i\u003e was the basis of the Emmy Award-winning Netflix series and \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Fell to Earth\u003c\/i\u003e is the basis of the Showtime series. Tevis died in 1984.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47261112500473,"sku":"9780593467480","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/J0HdjeYfY49780593467480.webp?v=1768793350","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/mockingbird-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}