Uncensored 'On the Road' to be published

[jd]

I'm just sort of torn when it comes to the beats.  They certainly
shook up the literary scene, and it's better for it.  But looking at
them in modern terms...  Kerouac a high school football star,
Burroughs from an affluent St. Louis family, Ginsberg a scholarship
gold boy, it just feels like they put on a viel of being people they
weren't...  I wonder how much heroin Burroughs bought with his
parent's money.  And this, coming from someone who used to be a devout
Burroughs fan.  I recently tried to re-read Nova Express and found it
to be as a whole nonsensical.  I don't feel that way about Naked
Lunch, though, which I also re-read recently.

I guess it's better to just look at what they offered the world /
literature as far as progress goes, as opposed to where it came from,
however.  For me, when looking at literature that deals directly with
lifestyle, that can sometimes be hard to do.  Like Frey's A Million
Little Pieces.

On 7/27/06, robinlandseadel at comcast.net <robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
> I suppose the micro blurb inserted into the following link is old news to Pynchonites.  "On The Road" really did shake up the Lit. scene at the time and Pynchon was one of the affected authors.
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> http://www.salon.com/weekly/kerouac960930.html
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: jd <wescac at gmail.com>
> > Hah!
> >
> > I just don't know how much I care about On the Road.  Or even beatniks
> > in general any longer, other than their influence they apparently had
> > on Pynchon.  I wonder how much is actually going to be added to the
> > text.
> >
> > On 7/27/06, Tim Strzechowski <dedalus204 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Actually, I hear the uncensored _On The Road_ will be sold in scroll form --
> > > a four-pack, 2-ply and extra soft and absorbant.
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > > I can't wait for the uncensored GR... :-}
> > >
> > > HM
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