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Tom Robbins Appreciation thread
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gaspard
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Posted : Nov 12, 2007 13:22
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I thought this guy deserves a thread in a psychedelic forum!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Robbins
By far my favourite author of all times! Oh how I would love to be a TR virgin again....
here is a list of his books:
Another roadside attraction
Even cow girls get the blues
Still life with woodpecker
Jitterbug perfume
Skinny legs and all
Half asleep in frog pajamas
Fierce invalids home from hot climates
Villa incognito
Wild ducks flying backwards
If you havent read any yet (you are soooo lucky) I would personally recommend "Half asleep in frog pajamas".
And here is an interesting interview with the man:
http://januarymagazine.com/profiles/robbins.html
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Posted : Dec 6, 2007 12:11
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I read em all too, i m a fun. My favorite is "Jitterbug perfume".
".. You claim that this thing .. did not affect the larger part of your brain!! Then, how come everyone else describe you as an Extra fu.. terrestrial !!!
zzzzzzzzzzzzaaaaaaaannnng..."
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Mad Purple State
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Posted : Dec 17, 2007 16:28
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His interview itself is really intresting... his books must be really something...
gonna pick up a couple the next time i shop.
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Psy_mystic
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Posted : Jan 26, 2008 04:20
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He's one of my favourites, I love his style!!!
He definetely deserves his own thread 
So you suggest "Half asleep in frog pajamas" ? I was wondering what to read next.Gotta say "jitterbag Perfume
is my fav followed by "even cowgirls.."
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Psy_mystic
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Posted : Jan 26, 2008 04:56
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and of course "Still Life With Woodpecker "
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gaspard
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Posted : Feb 16, 2008 14:18
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On 2008-01-26 04:56, Psy_mystic wrote:
and of course "Still Life With Woodpecker "
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that is right up there aswell!!!
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Posted : Feb 20, 2008 21:31
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Posted : Feb 27, 2008 16:22
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On 2008-01-26 04:56, Psy_mystic wrote:
and of course "Still Life With Woodpecker "
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that is right up there aswell!!!
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is it true that they have found this book next to Elvis dead body?
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gaspard
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Posted : Apr 11, 2008 17:25
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Posted : Jun 13, 2008 02:25
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i am happy to see a thread dedicated to Tom Robbins....he deserves it....
ma personal fav is Jitterbug perfume....
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gaspard
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Posted : Jun 19, 2008 18:43
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here are a few quotes from the man:
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently.
Human folly does not impede the turning of the stars.
Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.
I believe in nothing, everything is sacred. I believe in everything, nothing is sacred.
If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime so heinous that the public will not forgive it.
If little else, the brain is an educational toy.
In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.
People write memoirs because they lack the imagination to make things up.
Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide.
The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplacable being.
The sky was the color of Edgar Allan Poe's pajamas.
There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for.
To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.
To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being.
True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpected, is prepared to be disrupted, waits to be transformed.
We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.
We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.
When they tell you to grow up, they mean stop growing.
I hope that these will incite a few people to read his books!!
Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
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shellbound
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Posted : Dec 31, 2008 20:28
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definitely my favorite author by far. i think "fierce invalids.." is the one i like the most, but that's most likely because it was my first one. i've read them all numerous times and anxiously awaiting "b is for beer" which should be out in april, if i'm not mistaken.
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Posted : Dec 31, 2008 20:51
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I think I'm going to check it on my next book shopping.
"The dedication to repetition — the search for nirvana in a single held tone or an endlessly cycling rhythm — is one of electronic music's noblest gestures." |
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Tamara
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Posted : Feb 2, 2009 09:24
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Posted : Mar 10, 2009 16:13
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Indeed, I've decided to give it a try.
I like this quote: "To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. "
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