News about 'On The Road'

[fitzcarraldo]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060726/ap_en_ot/books_on_the_road

Nice!

[Dee.]

That's cool.

I want to see the scroll.

he typed on long sheets of tracing paper, taping each finished page to the previous one to form one continuous, rolling text.

The original, 120-foot, coffee-stained scroll that is yellowing with age was purchased in 2001 by James Irsay, owner of the Indianapolis Colts, for $2.43 million. The scroll is touring U.S. museums and libraries.

[doEVILslittle]

That's cool.

I want to see the scroll.

http://www.news-releases.uiowa.edu/2005/january/images/010705kerouac-scroll-hirez.jpg

[Dee.]

Hey, awesome!  

That's a hell of a way to write a book, eh?
Great googly moogly.

[BH]

what was the term that burroughs and him and the other beatniks used to call that stream of consiousness writing?

[Dee.]

Spontaneous prose?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_Prose

[doEVILslittle]

by definition i've written in spontaneous prose...but nowhere near the level of these guys (of course)....i might die if i write at such an ability..............dear god the description!!!!! etc. etc. etc.

[MyLifeISought]

sweet! can't wait to get my hands on this