Comments on: Richard Seaver and William S. Burroughs http://realitystudio.org A William S. Burroughs Community Mon, 21 May 2012 11:22:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: RealityStudio http://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/richard-seaver-and-william-s-burroughs/comment-page-1/#comment-49598 RealityStudio Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:52:48 +0000 http://realitystudio.org/?page_id=419#comment-49598 I noticed this in the Burroughs stuff at OSU: "letter from Seaver to Peter Matson, 6/23/77, re WSB needs to re-establish himself in USA with a new work, C.O.T.R.N. should be next publication after 3RD MIND" http://library.osu.edu/sites/rarebooks/finding/burroughs40.php This clearly shows the direction in which Seaver was trying to guide WSB. I noticed this in the Burroughs stuff at OSU:

“letter from Seaver to Peter Matson, 6/23/77, re WSB needs to re-establish himself in USA with a new work, C.O.T.R.N. should be next publication after 3RD MIND”

http://library.osu.edu/sites/rarebooks/finding/burroughs40.php

This clearly shows the direction in which Seaver was trying to guide WSB.

]]> By: Egil http://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/richard-seaver-and-william-s-burroughs/comment-page-1/#comment-49596 Egil Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:45:53 +0000 http://realitystudio.org/?page_id=419#comment-49596 Just a note: almost every piece in Exterminator was published in small press/journals before being collected in the book. I am not positive, as the book is not in front of me, but probably all of the pieces were. You can see the threads of what WSB worked on throughout the 1960's by what is included in there. Thought of in that light, Burroughs File almost become a companion piece of collected 1960's work, since it draws from the pool in the same era, but from other previously published items.. Just a note: almost every piece in Exterminator was published in small press/journals before being collected in the book. I am not positive, as the book is not in front of me, but probably all of the pieces were. You can see the threads of what WSB worked on throughout the 1960′s by what is included in there. Thought of in that light, Burroughs File almost become a companion piece of collected 1960′s work, since it draws from the pool in the same era, but from other previously published items..

]]> By: Egil http://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/richard-seaver-and-william-s-burroughs/comment-page-1/#comment-45422 Egil Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:15:04 +0000 http://realitystudio.org/?page_id=419#comment-45422 I always found the different book/same name issue with WSB confusing at first. It becomes fun later, but Blade Runner, Dutch Schultz, Exterminator, Soft Machine, Ticket That Exploded, etc, etc. Th guy sure did love the process as much as the final product, didn't he? I always found the different book/same name issue with WSB confusing at first. It becomes fun later, but Blade Runner, Dutch Schultz, Exterminator, Soft Machine, Ticket That Exploded, etc, etc.

Th guy sure did love the process as much as the final product, didn’t he?

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