story identification - A boy (man?) discovers that he is the only real person in his world, which is an alien zoo/museum
I was read this short story on a school field trip in 6th grade or so, so it is probably from the 70s or 80s, but never knew the title or author.
It's about a boy who slowly discovers that he is in fact the animal in an alien zoo.
I'm fairly sure what leads him to the discovery is the realization that the only way the moving sidewalks in his world, which are motionless until he steps on them, could only work if he is the only one using them.
Thanks!
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This sounded really familiar so I started browsing the internet and found this link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734611/ which sounded very familiar as well. It is a Twilight episode about an astronaut (played by Roddy McDowell) who crashes his ship on Mars. His shipmate is killed in the crash but Roddy's character ends up meeting the Martians and the story proceeds from there.
On the IMDB page, the writer of a short story is referenced, Paul W. Fairman. After more searching I found this link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/People-Are-Alike-All-Over/137360052951932 but so far I haven't found anything yet on the reference to March 1952 Fantastic Adventures that is listed on that page.
I'm going to keep searching but I thought maybe someone out there may have more resources than I do. (I'm crossing my fingers because I think it sounds like the story that I enjoyed at one time.)
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