The Illusionists

Olson, Elder. "The Illusionists." Coll. Plays and Poems, 1948-58. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1958.

Unproduced one-act play, expanded into A Crack in the Universe. On an alien planet, the inhabitants are attacked to "illusion machines," while a small clique rule. Cited in Appendix to R. Willingham's Science Fiction and the Theatre, our source here, and whom we quote. Cf. and contrast B. Malzberg's "The Wonderful, All-Purpose Transmogrifier," F. Truffaut's FAHRENHEIT 451 W. Hjortsberg's Gray Matters. Note for themes of the dream and escape into electronically-mediated illusion.