Blowing My Hero PDF? (1 Viewer)
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Rekrab
Usually wrong.
I have the physical book but san letters. It would be nice to see the Bukowski letters, which Amber cut out for legal reasons. She did that to a number of copies so she could sell them to people here without violating copyright.
[mods: I'm assuming this is all public info but if I'm spilling beans, please edit or delete my post. Thanks.]
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bospress.net
www.bospress.net
The holy grail of Bukowski memoirs is, in my opinion, Scarlet by Pam "Cupcakes" Wood....
That is still readily available from the publisher, Amazon, Ebay....
That is still readily available from the publisher, Amazon, Ebay....
mjp
Founding member
Blowing My Hero is certainly interesting, but it's a trifle compared to Charles Bukowski's Scarlet. Bill is right.
Funny you should mention "Scarlet", because I just started reading it last night. I'm nearly finished, because it's that good. I didn't know much about Pamela Wood beyond what I'd read about her in "Women" and the Sounes biography, but I'm impressed with her writing. You can tell she still has a great amount of respect and admiration for Buk.
bospress.net
www.bospress.net
She is on this forum from time to time. I bound the very limited hardcover edition of this book for Sun Dog Press.
Quite beautifully, I might add.
Rumor has it, there's a large portion (about 2/3rd) of it in this book: [the excerpt is in ENGLISH]
http://www.bukowski-shop.de/catalog/bjuk-2007-p-92.html
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Letters and all for a mere $950:
[Dead eBay link.]
[Dead eBay link.]
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Bukfan
"The law is wrong; I am right"
Right! He only says he insists she does'nt print any more copies with Bukowski's letters in them. That means she can sell the 500 copies she already had printed without any problems. That again makes you wonder why she insisted on cutting out Bukowski's letters from the copies she sold to some of us. Oh well...
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Because I don’t want to be just a lurker any longer, I want to share the story of my latest very lucky purchase:
For many years I wanted to own this book after reading somewhere about it. In 2007 I registered here because I found out that there was a one-time sale of the copies with the letters removed. But I already missed that opportunity and never got another chance to obtain a copy since then. In the meantime I read the excerpts in the Bukowski Society yearbook, but still wanted to own the whole thing.
Three weeks ago I got a list from a seller with some chapbooks and broadsides he wanted to get rid of. A copy of „Blowing My Hero“ was on that list, so assuming to him that this was the “buk.net version“ with the removed letters, I offered him $25 for the book (beside a lot of other things). He didn’t reply to my assumtion but thankfully accepted the offer.
So when the book arrived, I was very surprised and speechless that I got #69/500 including the BUK letters.
I feel certain he was aware of the value, he seemed to be a collector but sold a lot of stuff slightly underpriced. So I‘m very grateful he made me this kind of present after all this time of searching and waiting.
For many years I wanted to own this book after reading somewhere about it. In 2007 I registered here because I found out that there was a one-time sale of the copies with the letters removed. But I already missed that opportunity and never got another chance to obtain a copy since then. In the meantime I read the excerpts in the Bukowski Society yearbook, but still wanted to own the whole thing.
Three weeks ago I got a list from a seller with some chapbooks and broadsides he wanted to get rid of. A copy of „Blowing My Hero“ was on that list, so assuming to him that this was the “buk.net version“ with the removed letters, I offered him $25 for the book (beside a lot of other things). He didn’t reply to my assumtion but thankfully accepted the offer.
So when the book arrived, I was very surprised and speechless that I got #69/500 including the BUK letters.
I feel certain he was aware of the value, he seemed to be a collector but sold a lot of stuff slightly underpriced. So I‘m very grateful he made me this kind of present after all this time of searching and waiting.
Very nice. I paid around $250.00 for mine at a PBA auction a few years back.
Is there a PDF copy out? If not a friend has a copy of the manuscript witch could easily copied. I think he has a couple of the john martin letters too.
if you find it, let me know
mjp
Founding member
Funny the allure that little book still has. I suppose its scarcity makes everyone curious about it. But I will just repeat this:
Blowing My Hero is certainly interesting, but it's a trifle compared to Charles Bukowski's Scarlet.
Take 20 pages out of Scarlet - any 20 pages - any you've basically got Blowing. So if you really want some insight, go with Pam's book.
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For the record I just pulled out both versions of Blowing My Hero again to double check, and while it isn't un-scannable, strictly speaking, again, you would have to take the book apart to scan it, and even if you did that, the paper is so dark that a proper pdf version would require a bit of Photoshop time and an equal amount of finesse.
If "Amber" wanted to sacrifice one to the scanner gods, it could be done. But I don't think anyone who paid a premium for a copy with the letters is going to tear theirs open to appease the people who want to read it for free.
Blowing My Hero is certainly interesting, but it's a trifle compared to Charles Bukowski's Scarlet.
Take 20 pages out of Scarlet - any 20 pages - any you've basically got Blowing. So if you really want some insight, go with Pam's book.
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For the record I just pulled out both versions of Blowing My Hero again to double check, and while it isn't un-scannable, strictly speaking, again, you would have to take the book apart to scan it, and even if you did that, the paper is so dark that a proper pdf version would require a bit of Photoshop time and an equal amount of finesse.
If "Amber" wanted to sacrifice one to the scanner gods, it could be done. But I don't think anyone who paid a premium for a copy with the letters is going to tear theirs open to appease the people who want to read it for free.
Rekrab
Usually wrong.
That was lucky, miyavi. Several times I've bought rare books on eBay or Amazon that were badly described with poor photos or no photos, operating on a hunch that they might be better than I had a right to expect, and they were. I guess my point is that if you're willing to take a risk, it can pay off. I get them at low prices because most buyers are scared off by the lack of clarity. They don't want a pig in a poke. I can't even think of a time when this strategy didn't pay off, but that's just my experience. You might be unlucky and get something that's not worth the small amount you paid.
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jddougher
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Wouldn't scanning this and making it available for free be a copyright violation?
Scarlet
mjp
Founding member
Adobe Acrobat has pretty good built in OCR. If you scan to pdf it can do all the tedious OCR work for you. That's how some of the pdfs we see here and there are searchable and cut and paste-able.
It won't remind you to pay your bills on time though. So it can't do everything.
It won't remind you to pay your bills on time though. So it can't do everything.
Iv attached the first 4 pages of Blowing My Hero.
The manuscript is a friends. He allowed my to scan and post on here. Think he paid a couple of $K
Bukfan unfortunately I dont have a scannable copy of the letters. I do have the booklet copy of Blowing my hero but as previous posts show it is not scaner friendly.
