“Reading is too intimate,” Spofforth said.  “It will put you too close to the feelings and the ideas of others.  It will disturb and confuse you.” I was beginning to feel a bit frightened.  It was not easy to be in Spofforth’s presence, and to listen to his deep, authoritative voice and not want to be obedient, and unquestioning.  But I remembered something I had … Continue reading Mockingbird by Walter Tevis