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Favorite authorsPaul Bowles, William S. Burroughs, Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jean Genet, Søren Kierkegaard, Cormac McCarthy, Andreĭ Platonov, Henry David Thoreau (Shared favorites)

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About meSomething I have to remind myself of every time I think of buying another book:
"Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in; but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents." — Arthur Schopenhauer, Essays & aphorisms, p. 210

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Russia by Charles W. Thayer

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Naked lunch @ 50 : anniversary essays

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Heidegger's contributions to philosophy : an introduction by Daniela Vallega-Neu

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Stone by John Sallis

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Basic concepts of ancient philosophy by Martin Heidegger

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The gurus, the young man, and Elder Paisios by Dionysios Farasiotis

as you continue to add books of note and intensity i've recently added and am currently reading hugh laurie's mystery book which is great. it's hilarious. maybe too much at times but he's a better writer than most crappy mysteries that i really like. who would've 'thunk' house could write?! but anyway, i didn't see you had the earlier copy of that magic burroughs thing. i read somewhere maybe he was called frater 23... does that sound right? maybe one of those chaos magic books or devils and angels or rebel devils or something. that was interesting. phil hine and all that sigil (?) craziness. i liked reading about it but can't find myself actually doing any of it. same way with religion i think. it's interesting but i can't pull it off. i'm just around and thought i'd drop by. hope you're doing alright out there. -mike.

posted by michaelstevens at 2:47 am (EST) on Feb 21, 2009

we need this:
http://www.amazon.com/Playback-Magic-Wil...

posted by michaelstevens at 11:32 pm (EST) on Feb 16, 2009

i can't believe how long it's been since we've written. are you still getting books from that sale? good stuff on your most recent activity lately. how's personal life, family and the search for truth among lies and the lies behind it going? everything's fine here. got a massage at the mall by a japanese guy. he pulled the evil from my fingertips and worked my hips. it was good. still in misery but a little more relaxed. gave him twenty and missed two meals. priorities brother. hope all is well with you. write when you can. -mike.

posted by michaelstevens at 12:53 pm (EST) on Feb 15, 2009

jeff,
i dropped by the other day and noticed that you'd added that naked lunch audio, which i'd never heard of, and then saw all of these interesting far out titles and thought man he's getting some books together. congratulations on finding that sale. i was at the georgetown library sale this weekend, down by austin, and found hardly anything interesting but i was able to score a first texas summer by terry southern and it was clean, a fine copy and also a signed copy of norman mailer's in the time of our time. right before i checked out the woman said to everyone that books were no longer 1.50 p. book, but 2.00 per bag. so i got out of line and shopped some more. i was able to replace my texas summer trade with a great first AND an ex-library signed mailer for two bucks. i was happy about it. i feel compelled to buy the naked lunch audio but since i have the one that he read i feel like i can skip it. but that stands in the face of my wsb completism. i don't know. when i'm rich i'll plug it in maybe. anyway. hope you're doing alright. it's a cold day and rainy. overcast and windy too, but all's well. -mike.

posted by michaelstevens at 7:20 pm (EST) on Jan 26, 2009

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