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From: ins_avrd@jhunix.UUCP (Victoria Rosly D'ull)
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Subject: Re: Lost story/novel
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Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 16:02:48 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  7 16:02:48 1985
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> 
> This is a request for help about a story (novel?) that is really annoying me
> because i can't remember much about it and i think i should because it was 
> really good.(the old brain aint what it used to be)
> 
>  Anyhow ,recently bought a copy of High Rise by J.G.Ballard thinking that it
> was the story/novel that i was thinking about. But after reading the first few
> chapters i realised that i had read this before and it wasn't the story/novel
> that i wanted to read. After racking my brains for a few days i have decided to
> ask the net to see if anyone can remember the story/novel and who wrote it.
>  What i can remember is this:all the action takes place in these giant blocks
> of flats (see why i got it confused with High Rise) whish are self contained
> buildings. The block is broken up into groups of floors named after cities-the
> lowest being Warsaw i think (another block which some minor charachters are to
> move too was to name tho floors after famous men),with the poorest workers at 
> the bottom of the block and the richest at the top.
>  This is just about all i can remember apart from the fact that it was common
> for you to leave your room door open as at night people swapped partners quite
> frequently.
>  I know this is very scanty information but any info on the story/novel would
> be appreciated if only to put my mind at rest.
> 
>                        cheers
>                            IAN SEWELL



I think you may be looking for THE WORLD INSIDE by Robert Silverberg.

						    --meep!