Comments on: RE/Search News: Vintage Ballard photos, JGB book bonus http://www.ballardian.com/research-news-vintage-ballard-photos-jgb-book-bonus Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:41:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Simon Sellars http://www.ballardian.com/research-news-vintage-ballard-photos-jgb-book-bonus/comment-page-1#comment-1490 Simon Sellars Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:55:12 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/research-news-vintage-ballard-photos-jgb-book-bonus#comment-1490 yes, you are correct and i am guilty of skimming! yes, you are correct and i am guilty of skimming!

]]> By: TimC http://www.ballardian.com/research-news-vintage-ballard-photos-jgb-book-bonus/comment-page-1#comment-1491 TimC Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:19:08 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/research-news-vintage-ballard-photos-jgb-book-bonus#comment-1491 There are novels there - apart from JGB's own, in various languages ('salut l'amerique!'), there's Nabokov, Kerouac, Burroughs, Ian Watson and Martin Bax identifiable in the pics JD linked to. And poetry - George MacBeth's 'A Doomsday Book' is prominent. There are novels there – apart from JGB’s own, in various languages (’salut l’amerique!’), there’s Nabokov, Kerouac, Burroughs, Ian Watson and Martin Bax identifiable in the pics JD linked to. And poetry – George MacBeth’s ‘A Doomsday Book’ is prominent.

]]> By: JD http://www.ballardian.com/research-news-vintage-ballard-photos-jgb-book-bonus/comment-page-1#comment-1492 JD Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:49:24 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/research-news-vintage-ballard-photos-jgb-book-bonus#comment-1492 I always wonder why authors have _any_ copies of their own books on their shelves, so I'm quite surprised that he actually seems to have a fair few copies of his books (well, five or six) http://www.researchpubs.com/Blog/wp-content/gallery/william-s-burroughs-gallery/Bibliotheque.jpg http://www.researchpubs.com/Blog/wp-content/gallery/william-s-burroughs-gallery/Bibli2.jpg http://www.researchpubs.com/Blog/wp-content/gallery/william-s-burroughs-gallery/Bibliotheque2.jpg I'm sure none of us are particularly surprised by the lack of fiction or the abbundance of hardbacks on the surrealists, but it's pretty interesting none the less. I always wonder why authors have _any_ copies of their own books on their shelves, so I’m quite surprised that he actually seems to have a fair few copies of his books (well, five or six)

http://www.researchpubs.com/Blog/wp-content/gallery/william-s-burroughs-gallery/Bibliotheque.jpg
http://www.researchpubs.com/Blog/wp-content/gallery/william-s-burroughs-gallery/Bibli2.jpg
http://www.researchpubs.com/Blog/wp-content/gallery/william-s-burroughs-gallery/Bibliotheque2.jpg

I’m sure none of us are particularly surprised by the lack of fiction or the abbundance of hardbacks on the surrealists, but it’s pretty interesting none the less.

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