Ikamva lisisilingo kuye nawuphi na umbalisi wamabali ozidla ngokuphonononga ukuphambuka kwempucuko yethu. Ngenxa yokuba intsomi yembali igubungela ibali le-intrahistorical kunye nechacha ngakumbi malunga nento esasiyiyo. Ezinye iindidi zababhali zishiywe ngumsebenzi wokujongana nento esiya kuba yiyo. UWalter Tevis wathatha i-gauntlet kule noveli ka-1980 ukuba, ngokuqinisekileyo, ifumene indawo entsha kwiishelufa ezintsha kunye ne-vitola ekhutshwe kwakhona, ngenxa ye-Netflix kunye ne-idyll kunye nomnye wemisebenzi yakhe: «Gambito de Dama».
Nokuba kusenokuba njalo, wamkelekile ukuba kwenzeke ngengozi okanye ube lithamsanqa lokukroba kwi-dystopia enomdla ene-post-apocalyptic overtones. Nokuba kukholo lwethu kunye nokuzinikela kwitekhnoloji, ubukrelekrele bokwenziwa, i-Intanethi yezinto okanye iirobhothi.
Kudlule amakhulu eminyaka kwaye uMhlaba uye waba yiplanethi emnyama kunye ne-dystopian apho iirobhothi zisebenza khona kwaye umntu unokuphelelwa ngamandla, ahlanjululwe ngolonwabo lwe-elektroniki kunye nolonwabo lwe-narcotic. Kwihlabathi elinjalo elingenabugcisa, ngaphandle kokufunda nangabantwana, abantu bakhetha ukuzitshisa bephila ukuze bangathwali inyaniso.
Kwaye kukule meko apho uSpofforth, oyena matshini ugqibeleleyo wakha wadalwa, i-android yexesha elingasikelwanga mda oye waphila kangangeenkulungwane kwaye ngoku ungumphathi weYunivesithi yaseNew York, ewuxabisa kakhulu umnqweno wakhe: ukukwazi ukufa.
Ingxaki kuphela kukuba inkqubo yakhe iyamthintela ekuzibulaleni. Kuze kube yilapho abalinganiswa ababini bedibanisa ebomini bakhe: UPaul Bentley, umntu oye wafunda ukufunda emva kokufumanisa iqoqo leefilimu ezindala ezithuleyo; kunye noMary Lou, umvukeli oyena mntu uchitha ixesha kunye neeyure eBrooklyn Zoo encoma iinyoka ezizisebenzelayo. Kungekudala uPaul noMariya, njengabo banamhlanje uAdam noEva basebhayibhileni, baya kudala eyabo iparadesi phakathi kwenkangala.
Ungayithenga ngoku inoveli iMockingbird, nguWalter Tevis, apha:
