[time-nuts] WOT: Identify this movie

Tom Harris celephicus at gmail.com
Tue Sep 25 11:34:13 UTC 2012


Sounds like the OP's story was from Harry Harrison's nightmarish novel of
overpopulation "Make Room, Make Room!".

Incidentally I do not know the Lovecraft story mentioned below, do you have
a title? A circular rotating prison sounds like a nightmare from the 20th
century's other great fantasist Borges, who also wrote stories where time
was twisted and stopped, to remain true to the list :)

On 25 September 2012 18:14, <d.seiter at comcast.net> wrote:

> It sounds familiar, but I can't put a finger on it. For some reason, it
> reminds me of the Lovecraft story about the circular prison complex that
> the prisoners had to rotate one cell at a time via a big rope once a day. ..
>
>
> -Dave
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Hawkins" <bill at iaxs.net>
> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <
> time-nuts at febo.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 11:05:13 PM
> Subject: [time-nuts] WOT: Identify this movie
>
> It's a dark and quiet night, and list traffic is way down, so please
> forgive
> me for this way off topic request. I'm writing a book about automation
> and
> have a chapter on the future thereof.
>
> I have a dim memory of a TV show or movie in black and white that has
> the
> teeming billions of earth living in high-rise buildings, each in a self-
> contained room. Occasionally, they "work" by pedaling a machine that
> generates electricity for the tower. Their leader exorts them to work
> harder through a wall-sized TV set.
>
> Does anybody recognize that scenario? At least one writer has suggested
> "welfare dormitories" for the 50% of workers made redundant by
> automation
> around 2050. Would like to get it into the book if I had a reference.
>
> Note the use of a time in the future to stay near topic.
>
> Bill Hawkins
>
>
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