This is a fascinating look at the evolution of literature. On that note, I have hit delays in writing my novel this month “The Philosopher’s Bum.” Sometimes life is like that, waits until you have plans to send them skittering astray…no worries though…I have started it and though it may take me longer than I…
Category: Books and Writers
What people are emailing me about Rough Living: An Urban Survival Manual
I am overwhelmed you guys….I had no idea I could affect people in such a great way. I am proud. I am honored. And it is humbling…..thanks. I’ve left the last names of people out of these emails just in case their bosses happen to read fukn.us. Nearly one thousand copies have been downloaded in…
ARS Electronica CENTER
Okay folks…check this out…why isn’t this more popular than the x-box? If you’ve ever read Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card…doesn’t this ring a bell? ARS Electronica CENTER Enter the virtual reality of âGulliverâs Worldâ? and become a part of it! On the 1st Underground Level of the Ars Electronica Center, the borders between the…
I must be famous or something….
Amazon.com: Used and New: Rough Living: Tips and Tales of a Vagabond Okay I admit it…I just googled myself and suddenly a ton of cool stuff is coming up…for instance…Amazon is selling my original Rough Living:Tips and Tales of a Vagabond for $63.50!!!!
Hunter S Thompson's widow on a lonely legacy
Funny how long ago February seems…I remember how pissed I was upon hearing about Hunter’s suicide. Suicide sucks too. Sure, there are times when it is right…Kevorkian style…but HST wasn’t there…or maybe he was…hell, I don’t know…he must of sure been fucking miserable….miserable asshole. Guardian Unlimited Books | By genre | Hunter S Thompson’s widow…
How to Write a Novel in 30 Days…
(Lena just sent me this…I have registered and am going to write my novel “The Philosopher’s Bum” throughout November…cd) How to Write a Novel in 5 Easy Steps: by, Lisa Randall 1 – log on to http://nanowrimo.com, sign in, list the name of your book, and create a profile. 2 – From there you’re on…
Moment of literary wonder….Haruki Murakami: On seeing the 100% perfect girl one beautiful April morning
(My friend Leon introduced me to Murakami a while back…….click on the link and read the whole story…cd) One beautiful April morning, on a narrow side street in Tokyo’s fashionable Harujuku neighborhood, I walked past the 100% perfect girl. Tell you the truth, she’s not that good-looking. She doesn’t stand out in any way. Her…
Reality Studio
(For those who are fans of William Burroughs, here is a page of great links, excerpts, and more…cd) Dr. Benway Operates (from Naked Lunch) “The purpose of my writing is to expose and arrest Nova Criminals. In Naked Lunch, Soft Machine and Nova Express I show who they are and what they are doing and…
Almost Before We Spoke, We Swore – New York Times
“William Shakespeare, in keeping with traditions of Elizabethan drama, peppered his plays with profanity and celebrated the vulgar as well as the sublime.” Almost Before We Spoke, We Swore By NATALIE ANGIER Published: September 20, 2005 Incensed by what it sees as a virtual pandemic of verbal vulgarity issuing from the diverse likes of Howard…
He's back: Bad boy of French literature – Arts & Leisure – International Herald Tribune
PARIS-With its customary hype and hope, the annual French literary season known as la rentrée littéraire opened this week, with no fewer than 663 novelists elbowing for attention. Mostly in vain, it seems. To judge by the French press, Michel Houellebecq is the only writer who counts. And that was before the public had even…