Comments on: Interview with Graham Masterton on William S. Burroughs

By: David C

David C — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 04:13:35 +0000

my late father was the first editor of Mayfair. Sounds like there would have been some funny and entertaining stories from those dsys.

By: David J Howe

David J Howe — Thu, 16 May 2013 09:15:44 +0000

The corrected second edition of RULES OF DUEL is marked SECOND EDITION on page 4 under the ISBN. We should shortly be putting up a Kindle edition of the book as well.

By: Al

Al — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:36:33 +0000

@Jim – is the corrected edition marked as such at all? I just got my copy from Book Depository and there’s no indication of it being a new edition.

By: jim pennington

jim pennington — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:30:27 +0000

Telos have produced a new edition with all the typos corrected. I can thoroughly recommend their publication without any reservations at all.

By: jim Pennington

jim Pennington — Mon, 09 May 2011 21:58:59 +0000

A lost meester-piece. what is distracting is the crappy production standards Telos have … the book opens, physically, with all the enthusiasm a cat might have for a suppository and, once you finally get stuck in, is full of dick-head typographical errors, errant brackets and random apostrophes. This may seem a stupid thing to claim is a distraction when reading text and ideas that have been intervened and interfered with but obvious spelling mistakes and simplistic transcription clumsiness insult the reader, the writer and demean the text itself. However, once you can rise above these Telos people, you do get a great FLASHBACK reading experience, a worthy product of the creative writing classes that took place in the Mayfair offices, Duke Street’s pokey gable and the Angus Steak House (on Haymarket, where Beauregard meets his end).

By: Will E.

Will E. — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:04:21 +0000

I had no idea till just recently of this Masterton/Burroughs connection. New to Masterton, but long-time Burroughs fan. Wow! Great interview.

By: RealityStudio

RealityStudio — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:37:36 +0000

Rules of Duel (with original introduction by William Burroughs) has now been published by Telos Press. For more information, see here:

http://www.telos.me.uk/searchResultItem.php?id=110

By: Davee mac

Davee mac — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:09:26 +0000

“ho, there, you ruffians!” :) luvvit

By: Jan Herman

Jan Herman — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:44:46 +0000

This interview is a gem — every last word of it — and especially Masterson’s remark that Burroughs said “he felt as if he had never lived the life he was supposed to live, and that somehow he had ended up as an outsider on the edge of his own existence.” It drills down to the heart and soul of the man. Much thanks.