On one landing is a basin of running water that serves as a toilet, sink and drinking fountain on another, a machine with lights that intermittently produces food. Set in a dystopian America in the near future, the story tells of the experiences of five 16-year-olds who were living in orphanages who wake up to find themselves in a strange building that has no walls, no ceiling, and no floor: nothing but endless flights of stairs leading in every direction, seemingly infinite, so that it is impossible to get one's bearings or have perspective. Escher, which provided the novel's title and setting, in a psychological exploitation of a social dynamics experiment. 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.
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