YASID: what was the dystopian SF that had people sleeping on steps in
high rises? They rented an individual step, iirc.

Lynn

In <u2ee4n$21hg4$1@dont-email.me> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:

>YASID: what was the dystopian SF that had people sleeping on steps in
>high rises? They rented an individual step, iirc.

Don't recall the story name but... juts confirming to
you there was such a story hich I read 1970ish...

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On 4/27/2023 1:15 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> YASID: what was the dystopian SF that had people sleeping on steps in
> high rises?  They rented an individual step, iirc.
>
> Lynn

From another place, "Pohl and Kornbluth’s “The Space Merchants”, I
think. Definitely a dystopia – the biggest corps in the world are
advertisers, who aren’t above advertising addictive drugs – in the form
of coffee (with additives.)"

???

Thanks,
Lynn

On Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 1:15:56 PM UTC-5, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> YASID: what was the dystopian SF that had people sleeping on steps in
> high rises? They rented an individual step, iirc.
>
This was shown in the movie _Soylent Green_. I don't recall if it was in
the source novel, _Make Room! Make Room!_ by Harry Harrison. He has
a very interesting article about his experiences working on the film.

In article <u2etbt$23r8r$2@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 4/27/2023 1:15 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> YASID: what was the dystopian SF that had people sleeping on steps in
>> high rises?  They rented an individual step, iirc.
>>
>> Lynn
>
> From another place, "Pohl and Kornbluth’s “The Space Merchants”, I
>think. Definitely a dystopia – the biggest corps in the world are
>advertisers, who aren’t above advertising addictive drugs – in the form
>of coffee (with additives.)"
>
>???
>
>Thanks,
>Lynn
>

Not sure why you would have to add anything to coffee to make it addictive..

(I don't remember the renting steps thing there though).
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On 4/27/2023 9:02 PM, Peter Wezeman wrote:
> On Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 1:15:56 PM UTC-5, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> YASID: what was the dystopian SF that had people sleeping on steps in
>> high rises? They rented an individual step, iirc.
>>
> This was shown in the movie _Soylent Green_. I don't recall if it was in
> the source novel, _Make Room! Make Room!_ by Harry Harrison. He has
> a very interesting article about his experiences working on the film.

Thanks !

Lynn

On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 17:35:41 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 4/27/2023 1:15 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> YASID: what was the dystopian SF that had people sleeping on steps in
>> high rises?  They rented an individual step, iirc.
>>
>> Lynn
>
> From another place, "Pohl and Kornbluth’s “The Space Merchants”, I
>think. Definitely a dystopia – the biggest corps in the world are
>advertisers, who aren’t above advertising addictive drugs – in the form
>of coffee (with additives.)"

I recall a scene where the protagonist doesn't make it home before
curfew and gets caught on steps when the barriers go up. He mentions
that some of the better (whatever that entails) ones can be rented.

I was telling a friend about "The Space Merchants" and how I'd love to
see a TV adaptation, but concluded that it would likely get labelled
as an SF ripoff of "Mad Men" (despite being written 13 years before
that show's creator was born).

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On Friday, April 28, 2023 at 2:10:30 AM UTC-4, Jerry Brown wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 17:35:41 -0500, Lynn McGuire
> <lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On 4/27/2023 1:15 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> >> YASID: what was the dystopian SF that had people sleeping on steps in
> >> high rises? They rented an individual step, iirc.
> >>
> >> Lynn
> >
> > From another place, "Pohl and Kornbluth’s “The Space Merchants”, I
> >think. Definitely a dystopia – the biggest corps in the world are
> >advertisers, who aren’t above advertising addictive drugs – in the form
> >of coffee (with additives.)"
> I recall a scene where the protagonist doesn't make it home before
> curfew and gets caught on steps when the barriers go up. He mentions
> that some of the better (whatever that entails) ones can be rented.
>
> I was telling a friend about "The Space Merchants" and how I'd love to
> see a TV adaptation, but concluded that it would likely get labelled
> as an SF ripoff of "Mad Men" (despite being written 13 years before
> that show's creator was born).

My father was working as an ad man on Madison Avenue in the exact time
depicted.

I showed him the first season (he was living abroad when the show came out),
and he said it was pretty accurate, except it way overdid the amount of drinking
on the job.

pt