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.sei...@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" <b...@iaxs.net> > To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" < > time-nuts@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 > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Tom Harris <celephi...@gmail.com> _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.