Uncensored 'On the Road' to be published

[Joe Allonby]

Ironically, On the Road was edited considerably. The myth of  the teletype
roll is just that. Quite a bit was taken out and, of course, the names were
changed. That's the whole idea behind releasing the unexpurgated version
now. Just about everybody's dead.

On 7/27/06, jd <wescac at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Also, I am very much skeptical of Kerouac's anti-editing policy...
> while he came up with a good story for why he chooses to write in that
> manner, it still strikes of laze with a good backstory as opposed to
> sound writing tactic.
>
> The first paragraph of that salon article sums up how I feel about a
> lot of beat writing.
>
> On 7/27/06, jd <wescac at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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.
> > >
> > > 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.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I can't wait for the uncensored GR... :-}
> > > > >
> > > > > HM
> > > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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