individual responsibility - was Re: Nationalism vs Globalism

Mirimir mirimir at riseup.net
Sun Sep 4 18:39:54 PDT 2016


On 09/04/2016 05:21 PM, John Newman wrote:
> 
>> On Sep 3, 2016, at 8:59 PM, Mirimir <mirimir at riseup.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 09/03/2016 06:51 AM, John Newman wrote:
>>>> On Sat, Sep 03, 2016 at 12:03:56AM -0600, Mirimir wrote:
>>>> I wouldn't say monastic. Just private. Read old Bill Burroughs' stuff
>>>> about the Johnson Family.
>>>
>>> It's been years since I read Naked Lunch or any of the other cut-up
>>> novels (although I did re-read Junkie and Queer recently)...
>>
>> If you like the Johnsons, you gotta read his last trilogy: _Cities of
>> the Red Night_, _The Place of Dead Roads_ and _The Western Lands_.
>>
> 
> Funny you mention it - The Western Lands is on my book shelf right
> now. I don't seem to have copies of the other two, but I can dig them
> up somewhere ...

Best read them in order :)

I believe that _The Western Lands_ was his last novel. It's very much
Burroughs' "Book of the Dead".

> John
> 
>>> Still, I remember the Johnsons... the correct interpretation of WWJD 
>>> is, of course, What Would a Johnson Do ?
>>
>> Right, WWJD :) His Johnsons are cypherpunks. Recall who he was. An heir
>> of Burroughs Corporation founders.
>>
>>> John
>>>
>>>
> 
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