"The World as Will and Wallpaper"
| Title | "The World as Will and Wallpaper" |
| Year for Search | 1973 |
| Authors | Lafferty, R[aphael] A[loysius](1914-2002) |
| Secondary Authors | Elwood, Roger [Paul](1943-2007) |
| Tertiary Authors | Lafferty, R. A. |
| Secondary Title | Future City |
| Pagination | 28-43 |
| Date Published | 1973 |
| Publisher | Trident |
| Place Published | New York |
| ISBN Number | 9781473213449 978-1250778536 |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Dystopian satire referring to William Morris (1834-96), whose name is used for the protagonist. A city encompasses the world, which is built above land and oceans. The one area of trees in the city is considered huge in that it covers two blocks. The story follows a man who wants to explore the world and his trip reveals that most people are illiterate, communicate poorly, and have very limited lives, but that there is an elite who created the city to keep the majority of the people content and controlled. |
| Additional Publishers | Book rpt. (New York: Pocket Books, 1974), 28-43; story rpt. in The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3. Ed. Terry Carr (New York: Ballantine Books, 1974), 27-43; and in The Best of R. A. Lafferty. Ed. Jonathan Strahan (London: Gollancz, 2019), 356-74, with an Introduction by Samuel R[ay] Delany (353-55). Rpt. New York: Tor, 2021. |
| Holding Institutions | DLC, Merril, MoU-St, PSt |
| Author Note | (1914-2002) |
| Full Text | 1973 Lafferty, R[aphael] A[loysius] (1914-2002). “The World as Will and Wallpaper.” Future City. Ed. Roger [Paul] Elwood (New York: Trident, 1973), 28-43. Book rpt. (New York: Pocket Books, 1974), 28-43; story rpt. in The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3. Ed. Terry Carr (New York: Ballantine Books, 1974), 27-43; and in The Best of R. A. Lafferty. Ed. Jonathan Strahan (London: Gollancz, 2019), 356-74, with an Introduction by Samuel R[ay] Delany (353-55). Rpt. New York: Tor, 2021. DLC, Merril, MoU-St, PSt Dystopian satire referring to William Morris (1834-96), whose name is used for the protagonist. A city encompasses the world, which is built above land and oceans. The one area of trees in the city is considered huge in that it covers two blocks. The story follows a man who wants to explore the world and his trip reveals that most people are illiterate, communicate poorly, and have very limited lives, but that there is an elite who created the city to keep the majority of the people content and controlled. |
