Trying to remember the author and title of a short story.
In the story, the world is horrifically overpopulated, and people live in overcrowded squalor; all the buildings have been divided into tiny living cubicles just big enough for a bed and a suitcase. One man accidentally discovers that his cubicle has a covered-over door, and behind it is a big empty room that was apparently boarded up years earlier and forgotten. To him it is unimaginable luxury, but he makes the mistake of letting a few other people know it is there, and eventually he winds up with a bunch of leeching roommates.
Title and/or author? Anyone?
2007-10-18 05:12:14 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Some replies:
1) No, it was not a Twilight Zone episode, to my knowledge. I definitely remember reading it.
2) I don't think it was Asimov. Just didn't seem like his style.
3) It was not "The Machine Stops," but thank you for reminding me of that story. I've always liked that one.
2007-10-18 06:31:30 · update #1
Dwasifar K - that was a science fiction short story named "Billenium" by J. G. Ballard published in 1962 in a collection of short stories called Billenium.
2007-10-18 07:39:35 · answer #1 · answered by dragonsong 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go through Asimov and see if its there. You might look for something with the title "The Forgotten Room" or "The Door" although Asimov's short story titled "The Door" is something else entirely.
2007-10-18 05:20:54 · answer #2 · answered by loryntoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could it be "The Machine Stops" by E. M. Forster?The story was an early science fiction written in 1909. In the story, people have stopped socializing entirely, and are living in small one-room cubicles from which they never emerge. .
2007-10-18 05:58:40 · answer #3 · answered by Libby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really sorry, wish I knew,
Isaac Asimov?
I am answering this so I can bookmark it and find out the answer myself - sounds like a fascinating read!
2007-10-18 05:18:04 · answer #4 · answered by Miss Behavin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Last Question by Isaac Asimov
2016-05-23 08:42:17 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
was is a story or was it something on the twilight zone!?
2007-10-18 05:15:40 · answer #6 · answered by PrincessM2531 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds interesting. I don't know it. Hope you find out what it is.
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2007-10-18 05:29:49 · answer #7 · answered by Dont Call Me Dude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no i didnt read it b4 but it sounds an interesting one.wish i have read it
2007-10-18 05:25:27 · answer #8 · answered by Quratulain 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hahahaha no but when you find out let me know so i can watch it
2007-10-18 05:16:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋