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    The Walls
    The Walls
    The Walls
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    The Walls

    By Keith Laumer

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    In a future of extreme overpopulation, Flora yearns to escape the tiny, windowless apartment she shares with her husband Harry. When Harry installs virtual reality walls to distract her from the claustrophobia, Flora embraces the illusory landscapes—until Harry adds more screens that leave her feeling more trapped than ever. On the brink of a nervous breakdown as the walls close in, Flora makes a desperate plea for help from her increasingly indifferent husband in this chilling vision of technology gone too far.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWildside Press
    Release dateDec 19, 2023
    ISBN9781667630793
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    Keith Laumer

    John Keith Laumer (June 9, 1925 – January 23, 1993) was an American science fiction author. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, he was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the United States Foreign Service. His older brother March Laumer was also a writer, known for his adult reinterpretations of the Land of Oz (also mentioned in Laumer's The Other Side of Time). Frank Laumer, their youngest brother, is a historian and writer.

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