Tsogolo liri chiyeso kwa wokamba nkhani aliyense amene amadzikuza pofufuza za kusokonekera kwa chitukuko chathu. Chifukwa nthano zopeka zamakedzana zimanena za mbiri yakale ndi chicha zambiri za zomwe tinali. Mitundu ina ya olemba amasiyidwa ndi ntchito yolimbana ndi zomwe tidzakhala. Walter Tevis adatenga gauntlet mu buku ili la 1980 lomwe, ndithudi, wapeza malo atsopano pamashelefu achilendo ndi vitola yake yotulutsidwanso, chifukwa cha Netflix ndi idyll yake ndi ina mwa ntchito zake: «Gambito de Dama».
Ngakhale zivute zitani, kulandiridwa kudzakhala mwangozi kapena mwayi kuti muyang'ane mu dystopia yochititsa chidwi yokhala ndi zochitika zapambuyo pa apocalyptic overtones. Kaya kuchokera ku chikhulupiriro chathu komanso kudzipereka kwathu kuukadaulo, luntha lochita kupanga, intaneti yazinthu kapena ma robotiki.
Zaka mazana apita ndipo Dziko Lapansi lakhala dziko lamdima ndi la dystopian kumene maloboti amagwira ntchito ndipo munthu amatha kufowoketsa, akugwedezeka ndi chisangalalo chamagetsi ndi chisangalalo cha mankhwala osokoneza bongo. M’dziko lotereli lopanda luso, lopanda kuwerenga ndiponso lopanda ana, anthu amasankha kudziwotcha amoyo kuti asaone zenizeni.
Ndipo zili muzochitika izi pomwe Spofforth, makina abwino kwambiri omwe adapangidwapo, android yanthawi yopanda malire yomwe yakhala zaka mazana ambiri ndipo pano ndi mkulu wa yunivesite ya New York, amasangalala ndi chikhumbo chake chachikulu: kuti athe kufa.
Vuto lokha ndilokuti mapulogalamu ake amamulepheretsa kudzipha. Mpaka anthu awiri akudutsana m'moyo wake: Paul Bentley, munthu amene waphunzira kuwerenga atapeza mndandanda wa mafilimu akale opanda phokoso; ndi Mary Lou, wopanduka yemwe chosangalatsa chake chachikulu ndikuthera maola ndi maola ku Brooklyn Zoo akusilira njoka za automaton. Posachedwapa Paulo ndi Mariya, mofanana ndi Adamu ndi Hava aŵiri amakono a m’Baibulo, adzapanga paradaiso wawo m’kati mwa chipululutso.
Tsopano mutha kugula buku la Mockingbird, lolemba Walter Tevis, apa:
