[UA] American Beauty

[Chris Hall]

I think the name of that one is "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs." It  
might be in the collection Deathbird Stories.

On Jul 14, 2006, at 8:56 PM, Doctor Jest wrote:

> Voyeuromancy?
>
> Harlan Elison had a story about something like that, which I cannot  
> quite recall the name of... an entire apartment complex of people  
> who derived some sort of power over watching things happen to  
> others... usually terrible things like murder and rape. It was  
> obviously inspired by the Kitty Genovese case. I wish I could  
> remember more about it...
>
>> On 7/15/06, *Bret Allen* <arcturus91 at hotmail.com  
>> <mailto:arcturus91 at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Videomancer variant of some kind?
>>     Maybe a school of magick based on witnessing? paradox: you bear
>>     witness to lifes moments, you validate them and take away a
>>     glimpse into the meaning of life, but while you are watching you
>>     are missing out on doing these things yourself.
>>
>>
>> I remember a french movie about exactly that subject. A guy who  
>> always had a camera with him to film his life. The director of the  
>> movie called it the writer's paradox: should you live life, or you  
>> should write about it, but miss on living it? Unfortunately I  
>> can't remember the name of the movie.
>>
>> It does seem ripe for a school, in my opinion.
>>
>> Moah, platypus powaaa!
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