PeterZAragon
Cadet
Hi all,
I am trying to find a book I read when I was young...younger... problem is, I don’t remember the title and very little else; all I have, is some mind-pictures of the story.
This is a futurist society, highly capitalistic. People are giving drugs (unaware) that alter their perception of reality: they see the world beautiful, nice buildings, nice parks, nice cars, etc, however they seem to always being tired and out of breath.
At some time, the main char is taken out of the drugs and sees the reality as it is (almost): broken buildings, everything is rotten.
Then, he is given another anti-drug, and finally sees the full reality: everything is a wasteland, there are no cars, they are riding other people, everyone is on top of someone else. When they thought they took an elevator they were actually running up the stairs, etc (the reason for always being out of breath).
Hope this rings a bell in someone’s memories. Can anyone remember the title of this story? Author? Anything?
Thank you all,
Peter of Aragon
I am trying to find a book I read when I was young...younger... problem is, I don’t remember the title and very little else; all I have, is some mind-pictures of the story.
This is a futurist society, highly capitalistic. People are giving drugs (unaware) that alter their perception of reality: they see the world beautiful, nice buildings, nice parks, nice cars, etc, however they seem to always being tired and out of breath.
At some time, the main char is taken out of the drugs and sees the reality as it is (almost): broken buildings, everything is rotten.
Then, he is given another anti-drug, and finally sees the full reality: everything is a wasteland, there are no cars, they are riding other people, everyone is on top of someone else. When they thought they took an elevator they were actually running up the stairs, etc (the reason for always being out of breath).
Hope this rings a bell in someone’s memories. Can anyone remember the title of this story? Author? Anything?
Thank you all,
Peter of Aragon