The Purple Armchair
| Title | The Purple Armchair |
| Year for Search | 1961 |
| Authors | Hesky, Olga [Lynford](1912-74) |
| Date Published | 1961 |
| Publisher | Anthony Blond |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | Female author, UK author |
| Annotation | Computer conformist dystopia. Humans have lost initiative, imagination, and all aggression. An extraterrestrial who looks like a purple armchair is studying humanity for possible elimination and the decision is to eliminate. |
| Holding Institutions | L |
| Author Note | Female author (1912-74). |
| Full Text | 1961 Hesky, Olga [Lynford] (1912-74). The Purple Armchair. London: Anthony Blond. L Computer conformist dystopia. Humans have lost initiative, imagination, and all aggression. An extraterrestrial who looks like a purple armchair is studying humanity for possible elimination and the decision is to eliminate. The U.K. female author was born Rose Olga Cowen. |
