Project Gutenberg 2023-12-14 Public domain in the USA. 140 Laumer, Keith 1925 1993 Laumer, John Keith Laumer, Kit Schelling, George 1938 Schelling, George Luther Schelling, George L. Schelling The walls $aNew York, NY :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1962. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Walls" by Keith Laumer is a dystopian short story published in the early 1960s. This speculative fiction piece revolves around the concepts of isolation and the effects of technology on human relationships. The narrative focuses on the life of a couple living in a society where reality is mediated through advanced technology, represented by the installation of "Full-walls" that replace traditional television screens with immersive environments. The story centers on Flora, who gradually realizes that her life is becoming increasingly confined and artificial due to her husband Harry's enthusiasm for their high-tech home. While Harry believes that the Full-walls and their advancements enhance their lives, Flora feels trapped and yearns for genuine experiences and connection with the outside world. As Harry installs more and more Full-walls, Flora's sense of reality diminishes, leading to a profound sense of loneliness and despair as she discovers that she has become just another reflection in a life lived through screens. Ultimately, the story culminates in a tragic realization of her isolation within the walls that were meant to expand their world but instead serve to enclose her in a prison of her own making. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20231124062410laumer 1962 US Reading ease score: 85.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Spouses -- Fiction Television -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 56236 2025-07-28T14:19:26.207831 text/html 31738 2023-12-14T15:54:38 text/html 307949 2025-07-28T14:19:29.610799 application/epub+zip 306761 2025-07-28T14:19:27.685842 application/epub+zip 242510 2025-07-28T14:19:26.737797 application/epub+zip 1076239 2025-07-28T14:19:30.972821 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1069878 2025-07-28T14:19:29.057847 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 48958 2025-07-28T14:19:26.059793 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 29168 2023-12-14T15:54:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16878 2025-07-28T14:19:31.311770 application/rdf+xml 29837 2025-07-28T14:19:27.143814 image/jpeg 4620 2025-07-28T14:19:26.941810 image/jpeg 1964138 2025-07-28T14:19:26.234918 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia