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1irisreader 
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When I'm thinking about literature that changed me -- impacted my life, really -- I think about Naked Lunch. Anyway, this year marks the 50th anniversary of its publication. I found out that a San Francisco based underground publishing house, RE/Search Publications, has this "Valu-Pak," which is kind-of like a Burroughs fans' collectors items pack, including an out of print book and magazine. Here's the link:
http://www.researchpubs.com/Blog/?page_id=13&category=9&product_id=55
It's pretty cool and I recommend it. I got it for my cousin AND boyfriend ...both loved it.
Also, I've been rereading Naked Lunch. And things that struck me when I read it 25 years ago seem SO MUCH different to me now, as I get older, and I like that quality of the book.
http://www.researchpubs.com/Blog/?page_id=13&category=9&product_id=55
It's pretty cool and I recommend it. I got it for my cousin AND boyfriend ...both loved it.
Also, I've been rereading Naked Lunch. And things that struck me when I read it 25 years ago seem SO MUCH different to me now, as I get older, and I like that quality of the book.
2semckibbin
How did Naked Lunch change you?
5beardo
Those of you who are fans of Burroughs may find this interesting.
http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/galleries/william_burroughss_stuff/
http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/galleries/william_burroughss_stuff/
6CliffBurns
NAKED LUNCH changed the way I looked at fiction; it revealed the limits of linear style and offered me the license to transcend rules of grammar, syntax, structure. People like Burroughs, Hunter S. Thompson, Samuel Beckett, J.G Ballard literally altered my perceptions and forever changed the way I viewed the world...
7anna_in_pdx
5: Do you think Burroughs would have approved of this type of thing? It came across to me rather strangely. Unless people consider him a prophet or a god, I don't see why they'd need a photo of the holes he wore in the bottoms of his shoes so that they could imagine "the conversations that he had while wearing these shoes, the journeys he took," etc. But then again I have a philosophical dislike of the acquisition of "stuff" and ascribing of importance to it beyond its designed utility.
8beardo
I don't know. Part of me thinks he'd find the entire thing ridiculous, while another part thinks he'd be horrified. Personally, I find it a little macabre - like going to an estate sale and looking at someone's shoes and towels in the closet.
Burroughs seems to be one of those writers that one either hates or loves. Those who love him, however, seem quite devoted. They're the ones I thought might find the link interesting.
Burroughs seems to be one of those writers that one either hates or loves. Those who love him, however, seem quite devoted. They're the ones I thought might find the link interesting.
9CliffBurns
It was very odd. Anyone who's had to clean out the house where a relative has died, wondered what to do with all those old shirts and shoes, could relate.
I found the piece interesting--Burroughs, after all, has always been about marginalia...
I found the piece interesting--Burroughs, after all, has always been about marginalia...
10CliffBurns
I'm curious about the flagging of the original post.
Is there such a thing as "spamming for Burroughs"?
Is there such a thing as "spamming for Burroughs"?
11anna_in_pdx
10: Yeah, I don't get it. Maybe people flagged it by mistake once one person did?
12CliffBurns
Hmmm...well, "Iris" (original post-er) doesn't have any books in her library and seems to be largely inactive. I assume she's a sock puppet--but a sock puppet for Burroughs and that makes her a cut above average...
13beardo
I'll 'fess up.
I flagged the original post, because the poster had no books and was advertising. Seemed a little odd to me.
Perhaps I'm overly wary of people trying to sneak around the Terms of Use. Anyways, that's why I chose to flag it.
I flagged the original post, because the poster had no books and was advertising. Seemed a little odd to me.
Perhaps I'm overly wary of people trying to sneak around the Terms of Use. Anyways, that's why I chose to flag it.
14CliffBurns
Well, you have a reason to be suspicious. Spammers are inventive devils...
