Posted by Ritch on May 29, 2003, at 13:44:33
In reply to Re: Burroughs suprise, posted by wendy b. on May 29, 2003, at 8:39:19
> I found this summary interesting enough to clip and post on the fridge. Since I'm moving house, I'll now insert it into his biography, by Barry Miles (who knew Burroughs for 30 years) "William Burroughs: El Hombre Invisible" as its book-mark.
> Burroughs adored his cats, too. Was a member of the National Rifle Association, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. What an enigma...
>
> Best to you readers,
> WendyHi Wendy, I'm definitely going to read one of his books now. I think "Cities of the Red Night", the one Dreamerz first brought up (about the mutants). Anyhow, I also find it enigmatic that Burroughs was an NRA member. Here's a quote from "Hell's Angels":
---One night in Oakland, Magoo and I got into a long conversation about guns. I expected the usual crap about "dum-dums" and "shoot-outs" and "cooling guys with a rod," but Magoo talked more like a candidate for the Olympic pistol team. When I casually mentioned man-size targets, he snapped, "Don't tell me about shooting at *people*. I'm talking about match sticks." And he was. He shoots a Ruger .22 revolver, an expensive, long-barreled precision-made gun that no hood would even consider. And on days when he isn't working, he goes out to the dump and tries to shoot the heads off match sticks. "it's hard as hell," he said. "But now and then I'll do it just right, and light one."---
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