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House of Stairs
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })House of Stairs was written by William Sleator in 1974. One of his earliest works and considered to be one of his best books to date.America in the distant future is a Crapsack World with little room to live, hardly any food to eat and even less to go around for the disadvantaged. Five sixteen-year-old orphans are abducted and relocated to a house filled with nothing but sets of endless staircases, a landing with running water and a flashing machine that forces them to play mind games for food. None of them know the reasons behind being put in the House of Stairs, and the machine forces them to perform acts of escalating cruelty upon one another. Their escape hinges upon being able to divine what they can about their circumstances and the motives of their captors. | |
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Crapsack World: The food that comes out of the machine is actually cooked meat, but most of the teenagers describe it as "brown pellets" because none of them, save Blossom, who had come from a wealthy background before being orphaned, had ever even seen or heard of eating meat before.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_1'); }) | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
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Bittersweet Ending: Peter and Lola have been released from the House, are recovering from their ordeal, and their rejection of the experiment has at least slowed it down. However, the results will be studied to create a newer, more effective setting. And the other three kids are not only severely traumatized, but are still following the programming instilled by the experiment, immediately going into their "dance" routine when they see a traffic light that is too similar to the flashing lights of the food machine. | |
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Conveniently an Orphan | |
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Conveniently an Orphan: All five of the main characters are orphans. Justified in that the government specifically took teenagers from orphanages so they wouldn't run into as many legal/missing persons issues. | |
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Blank White Void: The setting of the House itself is mainly a big white void filled with stairs that lead nowhere. | |
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Young Adult Literature / int_4b8ad554 |
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