![]() ![]() A rock musician's dream: eternal life thru drug abuse. In "Junkie" he writes: "Most addicts look younger than they are." "Perhaps if a junkie could keep himself in a constant state of kicking, he would live to a phenomenal age." Right. On the other hand, he made junk look glamorous. I've read almost everything he ever wrote. He incisively described its giant boot tromping on our minds & lit a firecracker under the boot. He was a great critic of the so-called "Great Society" & he hated it for much the same reasons that I do. He existed in a world that many ignore or disparage w/o understanding & cast fresh light on it. Always writing w/ a challenging imagination. He was an investigator, never taking things for granted, always questioning, always writing w/ clarity. Reading his hard looks at life was informative. ![]() Burroughs is, of course, one of the most important writers to me. ![]()
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