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House of Stairs (1974) is a science fiction novel by William Sleator about orphaned teenagers placed in a house of stairs, similar to the lithograph print by M. C. Escher, which provided the novel's title and setting, [1] in a psychological exploitation of a social dynamics experiment.
The House of Stairs is a 1988 novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, published under the name Barbara Vine. [1] Writing in The Washington Post , Michael Dirda referred to the novel as a "stunning suspense [thriller]".
House of Stairs is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher first printed in November 1951. This print measures 47 cm × 24 cm (18 + 5 ⁄ 8 in × 9 + 3 ⁄ 8 in). It depicts the interior of a tall structure crisscrossed with stairs and doorways. A total of 46 wentelteefje (imaginary creatures created by Escher) are crawling on the ...
William Warner Sleator III (February 13, 1945 – August 3, 2011), [1] [2] known as William Sleator, was an American science fiction author who wrote primarily young adult novels but also wrote for younger readers. His books typically deal with adolescents coming across a peculiar phenomenon related to an element of theoretical science, then ...
House of Stairs is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, and it also may refer to: House of Stairs (Sleator novel) , a 1974 science fiction novel by William Sleator The House of Stairs (Vine novel) , a 1988 novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, published under the name Barbara Vine
The Man Upstairs is a collection of nineteen short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 23 January 1914 by Methuen & Co., London. [1] Most of the stories had previously appeared in magazines, generally Strand Magazine in the UK and Cosmopolitan or Collier's Weekly in the United States.
The House of Flowers" [note 1] is a 1950 [1] short story by Truman Capote, first published in Botteghe Oscure Quaderno VI [2] and reprinted in Breakfast at Tiffany's. It was adapted into a musical of the same name .
The story was inspired by one of the drawings included in the children's book The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, by Chris Van Allsburg. [1] It was later included in the 2011 book The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales, along with stories by other high-profile writers, including Tabitha King, inspired by the other illustrations.