SF Masterworks Group discussion

In a dying world where humans are drugged and lulled by electronic bliss, where there is no art, no literature and there are no children, where some would rather burn themselves alive than endure, Spofforth is the most perfect machine ever created. But his only desire is the impossible - to cease to be. Yet there is hope in this bleak, depressing time, hope in the passion and joy that a man and a woman discover in love and in books, hope for the future, hope even for Spofforth.

I can't reccommend this novel enough. One of the best Science Fiction works I've read. A real treat from start to finish.

i'm not sure why this novel is not mentioned in the same breath as 1984, or Brave New World. it is in that caliber (in my opinion) hopefully being selected as a SF Masterworks will garner a wider audience for Mockingbird.