"The Beckett Thread"--posts, links & thoughts on Big Sam

The second volume of Samuel Beckett's letters have been published:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-letters-of-samuel-beckett-...

(From that Gord fella)

A classic bit from The Onion

http://www.theonion.com/articles/scholars-discover-23-blank-pages-that-may-as-we...

From a colleague here on LibraryThang. Everything Beckett in one fell swoop:

http://samuel-beckett.net

(Thanks, chum.)

The Grove Companion to Samuel Beckett is a must for any Beckett fan.

Grove Press. (Sigh) God bless 'em...

Discussing Beckett's letters:

http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2011/11/a-qa-with-dan-gunn/

A few links (in case you haven't seen these clips before):

http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/samuel_beckett_speaks/

http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/billie_whitelaw_samuel_beckett_not_i/

Banville on Beckett:

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/mar/22/beckett-storming-beauty/

Pinter talking about Beckett--lovely piece:

http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/harold_pinter_on_samuel_beckett#disqus_th...

(Thanks, Gord)

9: I've watched that twice now. Leaves me speechless. Thanks for posting.

Apparantly Sam Beckett was a fan of Schopenhauer.

http://www.dalkeyarchive.com/book/?fa=customcontent&GCOI=15647100218840&...

Gotta admire someone who can get sick and stay sharp as a tack.

Sam was one smart dude. But I'm surprised Kierkegaard wasn't more to his taste.

11: He also admired the "discipline" in the writing of DAF Sade.

And he admired L.F. Celine's writing.

Not to pick an old scab...

"Godot", 60 years old:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-20889073

And we're still waiting for him.

I've been writing a serial novel that I've been posting on my blog. It's about Reuben Kincaid III, the son of the Partridge Family's manager, and his battle with Carlos Jr, the son of the 70's terrorist Carlos. The book is many things: a parody of the Bourne Identity, comic therapy for me, and a look at the music business. Why am I posting this here: Because at the end of the latest installment, Reuben watches a rap band perform a 1000 word version of Waiting for Godot entitled The Hypemen. I hope it's not too cringe-inducing for Sam diehards. Or hip hop fans...

http://www.thekingofpainbook.com/2013/01/02/the-kincaid-conundrum-part-6/

Inspired, Seth.

And utterly mad. Congratulations.

(From a Beckett fan)

Beckett's "Not I", in record time:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22397436