What book are you reading?

This page is a permanent link to the reply below and its nested replies. See all post replies »

Re-reading [b]On The Road[/b] by Jack Kerouac. It's 16 years since I last read it and I get something different out of it each time.

helenS · 36-40, F

@ArtieKat You will also love William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg I guess.

greenmountaingal · 70-79, F

@ArtieKat I was friends with Neal Cassidy when I lived in SF during the 60s. I attended his real funeral near Big Sur when he died.

ArtieKat · M

@helenS I read The Naked Lunch years ago. I liked Howl but never really got into Ginsberg's other stuff.

ArtieKat · M

@greenmountaingal Wow! I'm suitably impressed.

helenS · 36-40, F

@ArtieKat Did you watch Cronenberg's "Naked Lunch" movie (1991?)?

greenmountaingal · 70-79, F

@ArtieKat I may write something on here about the funeral and the cremation on the beach.

ArtieKat · M

@greenmountaingal I look forward to that. Were you friends with any of "the crowd"?

greenmountaingal · 70-79, F

@ArtieKat Yes, Allen Ginzberg. And I knew a lot of interesting Haight-Ashbury people. I worked at the Oracle and lived at Haight and Masonic Streets.

ArtieKat · M

@helenS

[quote]Did you watch Cronenberg's "Naked Lunch" movie (1991?)?[/quote]

No - some books are best enjoyed as books only