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I've always been a book geek but I started on some dark (well, considerably dark reading at the time) with R.L. Stine progressing to Christopher Pike. I was never really into reading real books under the age of ten, from what I can recall is that watched plenty of 80's TV and worshipped NKOTB. The 80's weren't exactly a happening time, but my memory sucks ass so... it wasn't really until junior high that I gave a shit about books in general. Low and behold our teachers were right about one thing, books can be better than tv or a movie. I can't say I've ever really had a chance to appreciate true Sci Fi. But I'm open, everything has a little Sci-fi in it. I do remember that I was always into dark, morbid, the macbre, types of reading. I don't think I was able to understand Stephen King if I was given his stuff to read so I remember just sucking the life out of real-life stories of ghosts, mysteries, murders- that type of thing. I dug the romantic junk, no surprise there. Like, the music we so listened to around the age of 20 or so, the style/genre of books or authors we tend gravitate to around our early to late teens will be the ones we will always find loyalty for. I was a junior a h.s. when I was exposed to the Beat Generation and their style of "expression", because it wasn't just writing. It was an "era" basically, if a comparison is needed, it would be like the 60's Hippie-dom before it got really liberal. The beats were liberal, but I think it's important to keep in mind that individuality was a key point. It's true that certain circles of friends tend to be alike on the surface, but we know that there's no one alike. Each of the members of the Beat "family" contributed signifiantly or not so, in some amazing way that made the Beat Generation the Beat Generation and one of the most fascinating & influential people in literary history today. For an indepth look into what the hell I'm rambling about check out Literary Kicks. One of the first sites I've come across and I also believe one of the reasons I was turned on to the Beats. Listed below are several others that are probably linked within Lit Kicks. but I've mentioned them here because they're fucking good. Stuff said... (mostly by Jack- for the moment.) and if you're a writer keep "Belief & Technique..." in mind. Add the "www..." crap I'll come back and "link-ivate" these later.
jackmagazine.com/beatnews/index.html
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