 Join me and my co-hosts every Saturday at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Pacific for cartoons and movies at the 50th Street Studio Twitch Channel. See you there Greetings. Welcome to 30 Seconds I fi. My name is Keith this week. I'm going to be talking about Mockingbird by Walter Tevis This is a strange book. It's a bit hard to describe. I saw a reviewer Refer to it as a spiritual sequel to Fahrenheit 451, which I hadn't thought of But I can see it it takes place in the middle distance future in a world where the human population is very much under control of Computer-regulated government Everyone is illiterate Reading is illegal There is an android who is in charge of the New York sector or in charge of the entire continental us I don't remember But he's been alive for centuries and he's sick of his responsibilities He's sick of dealing with everybody and he desperately wants to die and that's one of the subplots of the thing There's a man in Manhattan who is working for the android. His job is to comb through Old buildings and old storage units and find stuff That's been lost and he comes across a collection of silent films old 16 millimeter silent films and they have these strange images that come up between scenes with Writing on them and he doesn't know what it is and he uses these as a springboard to actually learn how to read Well, the android learns about it arrests him sends him to prison The book turns out to be really Christian. It has a real Christian basis to it Which if you've been following me at all you will understand that I find intolerable when it comes to When it comes to science fiction or any fiction really I don't really recommend the book if it sounds interesting to you Go ahead and read it. It's not especially well-written It's attempts at social commentary through Projecting what could happen in the future Falls pretty flat Thank you for watching Please become a sponsor to help me continue to make videos follow the link on screen and in the description below where you Make a monthly pledge or a one-time donation and please make a comment. Let me know what you think