It's Such a Beautiful Day

"It's Such a Beautiful Day describes a world where people no longer go outside instead they use a Door. This is like a cross between a teleporter, the Iconian Gateway and Stargate. It was first published in 1954 coming thirty-three years before TNG."

http://unstable-orbit.blogspot.com/2011/06/writers-blog-its-such-beautiful-day.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Such_a_Beautiful_Day