"The Deer Park"

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Title"The Deer Park"
Year for Search1962
Authors[Standard], [Mary Russell](b. 1926)
Tertiary AuthorsRussell, Maria [pseud.]
Secondary TitleThe Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Volume / Edition22.1 (128)
Pagination45-54
Date PublishedJanuary 1962
ISBN Number9781951320003
ISSN Number00024-984X
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

The story is set in a future that would now be characterized as with people living in Virtual Reality. In the story, told from the point of view of the man, the protagonist lives the world he created with a woman he created. He is challenged by a woman from outside his reality who completely rejects his sense of reality. 
Additional Publishers

Rpt. in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (UK) 3.6 (May 1962): 38-; and in Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women (1958-1963). Ed. A. J. Howells, Janice Marcus, and Erica Frank (Visa, CA: Journey Press, 2019), 142-54, with an introduction by Claire Weaver on 142-43. 
Pseudonym

Maria Russell [pseud.]
Holding Institutions

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Author Note

The female author (b. 1926) was a computer systems analyst.
Full Text

1962 [Standard, Mary Russell] (b. 1926). “The Deer Park.” By Maria Russell [pseud.]. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 22.1 (128) (January 1962): 45-54. Rpt. in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (UK) 3.6 (May 1962): 38-; and in Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women (1958-1963). Ed. A. J. Howells, Janice Marcus, and Erica Frank (Visa, CA: Journey Press, 2019), 142-54, with an introduction by Claire Weaver on 142-43. PSt 

The story is set in a future that would now be characterized as with people living in Virtual Reality. In the story, told from the point of view of the man, the protagonist lives the world he created with a woman he created. He is challenged by a woman from outside his reality who completely rejects his sense of reality. The female author was a computer systems analyst.