berch%lll-tis@sri-unix.UUCP (07/07/84)
From: berch@lll-tis (Michael Berch) For about 8 years I have been trying to locate a story that I once read, probably in an anthology. It probably was published in the mid- to late-1960's. The central image of the story was a totalitarian, highly regimented city where life became more intolerable by the day. One of the worst things that happened to our protagonists (a married couple?) was that the government changed the length of the day through "The Department of Time Distribution". The outlook was dark but not without humor. Can someone point me to the title, author, and anthology or magazine reference? The mood was similar to P.K. Dick, Farmer, or Ballard, but I have researched bibliographies of these authors and cannot find the story. It is definitely not Ballard's "Chronopolis"; Ellison's "Repent, Harlequin...; Farmer's "Sketches Among the Ruins of My Mind"; nor Farmer's "Sliced-Crosswise-Only-on-Tuesday-World"; though it has many things in common with these stories. Thanks in advance. Michael Berch berch@lll-tis ucbvax!lbl-csam!lll-tis!berch