03.16.2009, 02:10 PM | #1 |
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Richard Brautigan. He wrote 'The Abortion', and 'Trout Fishing in America' and 'The Tokyo-Montana Express'. This instantly makes him one of life's good guys.
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03.16.2009, 02:12 PM | #2 |
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i jsut ordered one of his books so ill be contributing as soon as i get it read.
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03.16.2009, 02:18 PM | #3 |
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My favorite writer of all time.
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03.16.2009, 02:37 PM | #4 |
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The library for unpublished books from his novel The Abortion (which I just finished re-reading) is probably my favourite of his concepts. I don't think I've ever read a more humane writer.
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03.16.2009, 02:44 PM | #5 |
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Laura Branigan?
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My favorite of his concepts is probably the Forgotten Works. I used that for my solo music moniker for some time, and then I found out someone else had been using it. My usage pre-dated theirs, but they can have it. I'm not super serious about my solo stuff. There is a track called "iDEATH" on the NWW-related Chrystal Belle Scrodd's "Belle de Jour," which is also one of my favorite pieces of music. |
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03.16.2009, 03:09 PM | #7 |
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Yes! The Forgotten Works is an incredible idea. I was telling one of my students about it recently and they're now basing their entire end of degree show on it. Although right now I'm a bit concerned that they're taking this line, "The Forgotten Works just go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on" a little too literally. lol.
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03.16.2009, 04:33 PM | #8 |
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The Hawkline Monster : A Gothic Western is a highly enjoyable, laid back book I was glad to read.
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03.17.2009, 06:07 AM | #9 |
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For some reason, NNCK's Qvaris provides a great musical accompaniment to reading 'In Watermelon Sugar'.
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