Comments on: Name that Sci Fi Story

Question: Name that Sci Fi Story

Apropos of Something — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 15:01:42 -0800

Name that science fiction story / movie: Two people in love with each other are trapped in a box. The box is possibly in some alternative dimension with a Panopticon-type God person. I think the story was written by a famous sci fi author.

So, the above is basically all I remember. I know I saw the story adapted into a movie (maybe just a television movie?) where two people were trapped in a translucent box. The idea was, if I remember correctly, that their new reality consisted of living this life in this isolated universe forever, overseen by this God-type figure. All this may be central to the plot, or completely incidental.

If you can produce a movie still, that'd be great, because it's most likely to jog my memory.

By: restless_nomad

restless_nomad — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 15:07:37 -0800

It sounds like Slaughterhouse Five, which has a sequence where the main character is put in a zoo with a woman.

By: moonmilk

moonmilk — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 15:12:23 -0800

Could it be from the short story Kill Me with Kindness by Richard Wilson?

By: Apropos of Something

Apropos of Something — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 15:14:48 -0800

restless_nomad: "It sounds like Slaughterhouse Five, which has a sequence where the main character is put in a zoo with a woman."

Yes! Thank you.