Recent content by rlittler

yep, that doesn't read like Buk at all!

Buddhists don't believe in souls. Physics is magical thinking? oh, right. And Richard Fenyman is a grand wizard. And Newton did a spell to make the apple fall from the tree. Buddha can't be angry, he died a long time ago. He was just a guy. I'm not fighting the truth. No one has worked out...

As I said, belief in concepts, such as reincarnation, are not compulsory. Some believe, some don't. It's a choice. It's in the nature of Buddhism to question and investigate if a hypothesis is true (and reject them if they're not). I have Buddhist leanings and I'm an atheist and I don't...

Cool, I think I'll go to this; I'm only a four hour train ride from Andernach.

Buk was certainly my favourite writer when I was in my 20's. At one point he was all I read; no one else came even close. But then I didn't read him for years. I don't think I have a favourite writer as such, but Buk would be definitely included in the top 5 without hesitation. The writer I...

Yes, I own it; it was given to me by a generous and thoughtful friend so, to be honest, its monetary value doesn't mean that much to me. A couple of people were interested in a scan of this mag, so I got hold of a scanner. I didn't scan the Buk page because I didn't want to damage the spine of...

Let us not quibble, brothers and sisters... after all, we're all Bukkhists... Be thankful he didn't have a Tibetan Sky Funeral, wherein the body is dismembered and left out on the mountain side for the vultures... Actually, that sounds too much like life to me... For those with strong...

Not strictly true. The definition I have of fundamentalism here is: "The interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as literal truth" Buddhism doesn't operate out of blind faith like Christianity. Buddhists, lay and monk, test Buddha's theories to see if they actually hold true. If they...

I wouldn't really call Buddhist monks (who, incidentally, appear to be Theravadan) zealots or fundamentalists, though I can understand someone's anger at a religion presiding over someone's funeral who wasn't a believer - If there was a representative from any of the three monotheistic religions...

The auction I found was here: http://www.pbagalleries.com/search/item.php?anr=173587&PHPSESSID=eeb941&PHPSESSID=eeb941 However, one of the Hanoi 'stamps' has come loose (though, luckily, not lost) from the issue I have here. Otherwise it's in a little better condition than the pic on this...

so far I've found a copy that sold in auction for $747. And I found another seller who is selling 4 copies of the magazine incl. the Buk issue for over $3k... perhaps it's the Warhol cover that makes it so rare... or maybe I'm missing something.... thanks for all the help and guiding...

Great, Thanks guys.. I'd read about the fake autographs that had been circulating and I got concerned... R

Linda and Pete Townshend were both devotees of Meher Baba. Buk thought she and PT were having an affair. The infamous argument between Linda and Buk in The Bukowski Tapes is after Linda had come home from a Who concert ( i think) I don't have loads of Buk info at my fingertips, so my...

wow... I've been looking around the internet and the only references I find to this magazine suggest that it is quite rare and sought after! :D

Most of my copies are just normal trade copies, unfortunately. Maybe one day I'll have the money to be a real collector... The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over The Hills Post Office Mockingbird Wish Me Luck South Of No North Burning In Water Drowning In Flame Factotum Women Play The...