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Post by Dark Stranger on Nov 25, 2009 21:04:51 GMT
Guys, can anyone shed light on a story I'm trying to find? It was in a compilation I read in secondary school, so early 90s (although it could be older), and it featured a society in which everyone was forced to be equal by means of wearing hideous masks. They received electric shocks to the head to scramble their thoughts every couple of minutes too. The story ended with the mother and son crying over the death of the father (I think) but then forgetting what they were crying for.
It's bugging me!
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Post by blueshift on Nov 26, 2009 6:47:02 GMT
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Post by Dark Stranger on Nov 26, 2009 7:27:28 GMT
The actual story and all!!! Nice one Matt, thanks a million!!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2009 10:48:55 GMT
I've never even heard of that story before but, upon reading it I wish I had. It's quite an interesting yet disturbing piece of fiction that surely kids of a certain age wouldn't understand fully.
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Post by Dark Stranger on Nov 26, 2009 19:22:16 GMT
I read it in a short story compilation that also featured "The Light Of Other Days" and a story by Isaac Asimov (I think) about a boy who commits murder in a murderless society and becomes a social pariah, made to stink abominably, and who must be ignored by everyone. Pretty sure it also had the Arthur C Clarke story about the Solar wind sailing race too.
I'd love to find that book again but haven't a notion what it was called.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2009 23:02:58 GMT
That was one of the things I enjoyed about my school days - the teachers weren't afraid to give us stories that would seem a little unsettling for kids. Todays kids don't know what they're missing.
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Post by jameso on Nov 27, 2009 1:00:42 GMT
Another successful hub transaction!
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Post by Dark Stranger on Nov 28, 2009 22:26:41 GMT
After some heavy duty googling, I've finally located the book it featured in, I read this years and years ago! CLICKFound it on Amazon for 3p too!! Really happy about this, thanks so much for the help!! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2009 14:13:58 GMT
I read quite a few curious books as a kid but that wasn't one of them. One book I do remember reading was a compilation story book similar to that called Twisted Circuits (I think that was the name) and, although I enjoyed reading it I don't think I should have because it was aimed more at an adult audience than a kids one because it had a fair amount of swearing and horrific scenes in it. The librarian at my local library had obviously not read it because she had no problem lending it out to my eleven year old self!
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