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Mockingbird

(1980)
A novel by Walter Tevis

Awards
1981 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee)
1980 Nebula Award for Best Novel (nominee)

A futuristic tale set in a world where reading is forbidden, citizens are drugged from childhood on and machines dominate humans, focuses on two people who teach themselves how to read and how to think independently.

Genre: Science Fiction

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