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| Original Title: | House of Stairs |
| ISBN: | 0140345809 (ISBN13: 9780140345803) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (1976) |
William Sleator
Paperback | Pages: 176 pages Rating: 3.85 | 4066 Users | 554 Reviews
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After googling different phrases for a while, I finally found the name of the book I read when I was around 12 that catapulted me into my interest into psychology and the human mind. The story of five teenagers locked in a place that consisted only of stairs and landings, the way they were trained like Pavlov's dogs to respond to the demands of a machine for food, demands that became ever more horrible. I remember reading this and being horrified by concepts I couldn't quite yet really grasp, but what stuck with me was the fact that not everyone acquiesced. The last scene of the book, with the traffic light, I think cemented my firm regard and defense of individuality, even before I could verbalize that notion. While I didn't understand it, really, as a kid, this book and the message in its story has remained with me my entire life. This would definitely be listed as one of the Impact Books in my life. I haven't re-read it as an adult yet, but I will be. It will be interesting to see how it speaks now.
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| Title | : | House of Stairs |
| Author | : | William Sleator |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 176 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 1991 by Puffin Books (first published 1974) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Science Fiction. Fiction. Dystopia. Horror |
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Ratings: 3.85 From 4066 Users | 554 ReviewsComment On About Books House of Stairs
My, my, my, what a chilling book. Five strangers - all orphans, all sixteen years of age - are released, blindfolded, into a mammoth gleaming white room full of stairs. They find each other and congregate around a machine that dispenses food upon correct behavioural patterns. Soon they are slaves to this machine, searching for the correct patterns, doing whatever they have to do to be fed. What follows is your classic deterioration of human nature.Reading it, I was reminded a lot of the MazeDang! Where was this book when I was younger??!? For being a few decades old, it really hasn't aged much! This psychological teen read throws five 16 year old orphans into a weird uninviting alien environment filled only with stairs. None of them know why they are there or how to escape. They wander around and find a weird machine that will give them food, only when they figure out how to meet it's weird demands. It's the 5 of them against this weird environment, what will happen if they stop
I dont remember much about Lord of the Flies but this book feels like a mix of that and Hunger Games. Probably a 3.5
Dang! Where was this book when I was younger??!? For being a few decades old, it really hasn't aged much! This psychological teen read throws five 16 year old orphans into a weird uninviting alien environment filled only with stairs. None of them know why they are there or how to escape. They wander around and find a weird machine that will give them food, only when they figure out how to meet it's weird demands. It's the 5 of them against this weird environment, what will happen if they stop
Five orphaned teenagers find themselves pushed into a strange room. Theres nothing but stairs that lead them eventually back to the only object beside a primitive toilet and a water source: a machine that delivers their food. But what do they have to do to earn that food?This is a short book only 166 pages for the paperback. Id never heard of it until my wife sent me a message on Facebook (She found it while I was asleep and didnt want to forget). As soon as I saw the premise, I ordered a copy.
A gripping psycholgical tale. Five orphans caugt up and manipulated in a terrifying experiment. I cannot say I liked it--in the sense it is not meant to be liked. It is meant to make one think and that it does.To me one disturbing thing is--in no way did I feel "This could never happen". Knowing what inhumane things HAVe been done, nothing like this 'experiment' actually happening would surprise me.In only 176 pages, William Sleator delivers an unforgettable tale.Btw, although often recommended
After googling different phrases for a while, I finally found the name of the book I read when I was around 12 that catapulted me into my interest into psychology and the human mind. The story of five teenagers locked in a place that consisted only of stairs and landings, the way they were trained like Pavlov's dogs to respond to the demands of a machine for food, demands that became ever more horrible. I remember reading this and being horrified by concepts I couldn't quite yet really grasp,
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