"Hey Jack Kerouac, I think of your mother..."
I feel he deserves his deserves his own thread. Im not a Keroauc fanatic by any means but I do think Some of the Dharma is a very important work. The Dharma Bums drastically changed my life and gave me a bitter epiphany shortly thereafter. I'd be anxious to read Gucci's paper about on the road. I cant not talk about the man for I write my own premise based on his conclusion. I have a working title for my novel that mentions his name and I havent set it in stone fearful of irreverance and of his own cult.
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Jack Kerouac is the man. And I'm friends with his reincarnation. His name is Jeff Novak.
jeff novak? what does he write
is he a drunk as well?
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yeah thats one thing kerouac has over others it the drunkeness, great stuff. but i have to say bukowski was a huge drunk. his short stories are hilarious
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[B]...And I'm friends with his reincarnation. [/B][/QUOTE] Goddamnit. I keep killing him and he keeps coming back.
and this thread is the title of a song . Whatcha gonna do now bitches!
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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by H.D.Thoreau [/i]
[B]and this thread is the title of a song [/B][/QUOTE] I'm sorry. I assumed that everybody knew this.
how can u bring yourself to kill such a man tuffy i sure wouldnt be able to, those his liver did a great job.
Jeff Novak hasn't published anything yet, but he's an amazing writer. And I don't think Ive ever seen him sober 
so you know him or what
i lived within walking distance of big sur; my decision to move to that part of the world was based partially on kerouac's big sur.
i have to admit that to me, the company kerouac kept was far more interesting than the man himself, especially neal cassidy.
I've read On the Road and Desolation Angels and Some of the Dharma and On top of an Underwood, but I have to say that my favorite is Big Sur.
Apparently he wrote it while completely drunk off his ass, but it is such a heartfelt beautiful book. It's very raw, and I love that.
my english teacher told me henry millers book about big sur is better, i still havent read kerouacs big sur though.
im reading memory babe a critical biography for some research on this novel anyone know anything about his alcoholism feel free to pm me
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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Madeline_Dancer [/i]
[B]Jack Kerouac is the man. And I'm friends with his reincarnation. His name is Jeff Novak. [/B][/QUOTE]
Oh...I get it. Here in the Cult we have no name, but outside the cult he has a name. And his name is Jeff Novak. His name is Jeff Novak. His name is Jeff Novak! HIS NAME IS JEFF NOVAK!
HIS NAME IS JEFF NOVAK!
Fuck...I forgot the reason why I replied to this message in the first place...shit.
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"And not only is it a sin against God but it can give you germs too!"
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Everything will go smoothly this week, except for the part with the
monkeys and the cream pies.
Oh yeah! Read the biography by Barry Miles [I]Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats[/I]. It peels back the surface so you can see the meat beneath the man. A1 sauce anyone?
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Everything will go smoothly this week, except for the part with the
monkeys and the cream pies.
Town & The City is really good too..... starts off real sugary, but it only makes the end so much more bitter.....
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Just finished Dharma Bum.... Great read... Did it remind anyone else who read it of Fight Club in a weird kind of way?
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There is an essay somewhere on the sight that compares Fight club to Hesses Siddharta, and I do find some things that seem to go together about buddhism and fight club. Dharma Bums is my favorite Kerouac and has a underlying bit to do with the novel Im working on.
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I love Sal Paradise, absolutly love him, and on the road is my favorite, especially that one part in the book where he takes a nap under the tree outside of a diner, that just gives me a good feeling the way he describes it, and Big Sur is so beautiful i cant imagine an author not writing a book about it.
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by godspeed [/i]
[B]my english teacher told me henry millers book about big sur is better, i still havent read kerouacs big sur though. [/B][/QUOTE]
oh hell no. while big sur and the oranges of hieronymus bosch was fab, and henry miller is always a worthwile read, big sur by kerouac is by far the better book. no offense to your english teacher.
Anybody have any thoughts on his books that AREN'T: The Town & The City, On The Road, Dharma Bums, or Big Sur? I don't know anything about his other books....
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I've never read Kerouac, but only because my writing is most often compared to On The Road (but in a bad way, like "You ripped off Kerouac's On the Road"). I kinda sorta want to read it because I'm interested to see how similar our styles are, but my friends all tell me I shouldnt because I'd get pissed that there's someone out there that I sound like so I'd go and change what's (more or less) working for me. So I figure I'll keep on taking the shit from people who think I ripped him off, and I'll smile and it'll be okay and I'll just call it integrity or something. I might read Dharma Bums, though, because no one's ever compared any of my shit to that.
who cares if you rip off kerouac? its only a matter of opinion anyways..besides the town and the city was considered a huge thomas wolfe rip off.
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thomas wolfe, not a big surpise
some say kerouac is a thomas wolfe rip off or just "similar" which makes me want to read some thomas wolfe but i never get around to it
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by alex cassun [/i]
[B]I've never read Kerouac, but only because my writing is most often compared to On The Road (but in a bad way, like "You ripped off Kerouac's On the Road"). I kinda sorta want to read it because I'm interested to see how similar our styles are, but my friends all tell me I shouldnt because I'd get pissed that there's someone out there that I sound like so I'd go and change what's (more or less) working for me. So I figure I'll keep on taking the shit from people who think I ripped him off, and I'll smile and it'll be okay and I'll just call it integrity or something. I might read Dharma Bums, though, because no one's ever compared any of my shit to that. [/B][/QUOTE]
Read Big Sur then, it's nothing like On The Road (in the way it's written)
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very true lazlo, in big sur he writes a lot like william s burroughs and i could see why they seem to be big inspiration to each other, or so i read
Two words for you Kerouac fans. Herbert huncke. Kerouac was a poser and exploiter of art. He talked the talk while Huncke did the walk.
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by morey [/i]
[B]Two words for you Kerouac fans. Herbert huncke. Kerouac was a poser and exploiter of art. He talked the talk while Huncke did the walk. [/B][/QUOTE]
How do you figure?
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Finshed Big Sur..... that was some weird shit
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How much do you think a first edition Kerouac book would fetch?
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they have a first On the Road listed for the low price of $21,000.
My copy is SOMEWHAT like below 'cpet mines the tenth printer signet softcover. It lists for about forty and I think I paid twenty five.
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My The Dharma Bums is a first printing signet softcover that goes for about 35 to 40 bucks and I bought for for no more than $10 and its like below cept its colored;
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so Thoreau, you gonna be in our gang or what?
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holy shit 21,000 bux my gawd
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they have a first On the Road listed for the low price of $21,000.
My copy is SOMEWHAT like below 'cpet mines the tenth printer signet softcover. It lists for about forty and I think I paid twenty five.
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"Two reckless wanderers out to scale the heights of life... and love?" Do you have a different version than I read.... THis one sounds like a romance novel...
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damn i loved on the road and dharma bums but in a way i like dharma bums better, maybe it was that goofy little monk guy he was awesome. gucci has a paper written about on the road.
whats it about?