R.A.W.---R.I.P. A few thoughts from Paul Krassner
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Sat Jan 13 00:12:15 CST 2007
"Wilson took that process as his own marching orders, altering
the consciousness of countless grateful readers of his 34
books--from Sex, Drugs & Magick to the Schrodinger's Cat
trilogy to Everything Is Under Control: An Encyclopedia of
Conspiracy Theories--all written with the aid of that good
old creative fuel, marijuana. He once told me about his
process: "It's rather obsessive-compulsive, I think. I write
the first draft straight, then rewrite stoned, then rewrite
straight again, then rewrite stoned again, and so on,
until I'm absolutely delighted with every sentence, or
irate editors start reminding me about deadlines--
whichever comes first...."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-krassner/literary-loss_b_38549.html
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