Did Family know Aickmann's story The Inner Room?

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   Hi everybody!

Looking at the cover of Family's Music in a Doll's House

makes me freeze at times.

British author Robert Aickmann wrote a much praised weird-fiction story

called The Inner Room, that was published in the spring of 1968.

The plot in short goes like this:

Little girl gets doll's house as a birthday gift.

This doll's house has an inner room,that one can't get

access to. She has nightmares about that situation.

Then the story makes a cut and the second part shows the girl

as an adult walking in the woods one day. Deeper and deeper

she goes until she sees a yellow light. She follows that light

and, yes, comes to the doll's house, now in the proportions of

a normal house. Finally, 'they' lead her to the Inner Room,

saying: "It is the room where we eat".

Now the description of the doll's house inner architecture

reminds me a lot of Family's debut's cover.

Anybody heard anything about a connection between the two?

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MagicMoo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: January 07 2012 Location: Hannover Status: Offline Points: 42	Topic: Did Family know Aickmann's story The Inner Room? Posted: January 16 2012 at 03:25
	Hi everybody! Looking at the cover of Family's Music in a Doll's House makes me freeze at times. British author Robert Aickmann wrote a much praised weird-fiction story called The Inner Room, that was published in the spring of 1968. The plot in short goes like this: Little girl gets doll's house as a birthday gift. This doll's house has an inner room,that one can't get access to. She has nightmares about that situation. Then the story makes a cut and the second part shows the girl as an adult walking in the woods one day. Deeper and deeper she goes until she sees a yellow light. She follows that light and, yes, comes to the doll's house, now in the proportions of a normal house. Finally, 'they' lead her to the Inner Room, saying: "It is the room where we eat". Now the description of the doll's house inner architecture reminds me a lot of Family's debut's cover. Anybody heard anything about a connection between the two?