Hollywood again. Previous mentions I made to films before - links for example, were to be seen in the context of previous postings of course. Predator, to...
I read Dennis Potter's review [of Adrift in Soho]as Robert Hogg mentioned it in his last posting. It is churlish and reveals more about DP than about the...
"Perhaps some critics are still guilty of a certain snobbishness: they can't stand the thought of the autodidact. I would be interested to hear other views." ...
Thanks, Robert, for letting us know about the Potter review. I was a bit surprised to see him attacking Colin with such vehemence. In fact, I had always seen...
Hi John; accept my apologies for the delay. Perhaps too many preoccupations with Planet Shenanigan. You make some excellent points as always. It sems somehow...
Has anyone here ever met colin?
if so, what's he like?
Friendly?Warm? Deluded?Bitter?Optimistic? Cool?
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The title says it all really. As the link won't work, here it is, for ... The New Inquistion Robert Anton Wilson is an engaging author, and he has some things...
... It can be illuminating to re-read earlier pieces like this in the light of later information. Colin Wilson has commented on the reluctance to question the...
William H. Kennedy will be interviewed on the nationally syndicated radio program A Closer Look hosted by Michael Corbin on Friday March 19, 2004. Kennedy...
Now, as with last year, we see the obviousness of strategically timed delays and postings, mine included. the purpose for which is diametrically opposed to...
Colin wrote about Mozart and Beethoven in his book Brandy of the Damned as I recall, and also the play Mozart in play Mozart in Prague was it? Another one to...
Hi, I came across Colin Wilson's ideas thru the internet, but so far have not had a chance to read any of his books. I'm particularly drawn to his ideas about...
Hello Annette, Welcome to the wonderful world of Colin Wilson! ... I'm curious, what led you to this forum, then? Did you find it through my grossly...
Dear John, ... I did a search of the yahoo lists to see what people are saying about him, so here I am :-) ... published ... anyone Oops, it was Ritual in the...
... That ... published ... anyone ... existentialist ... history ... kinds ... 20 ... as ... opinion, ... Hey John - a little while since I looked back in...
The ballet dancer Nininsky? A typing error of course. Nijinsky is what we're looking for here! And where did his mentor Diaghalev come into the exhibitions?...
I must disagree with you John [Morgan] about Spider World. I think the series is by far his best fiction. The sustained narrative style is more developed than...
I enjoyed Spider World quite a bit. But I also continue to return to Ritual in the Dark, which in its own way creates its own world. There is also an ...
Hello Folks, I've been reading the exchanges on this discussion group with great interest. Many thanks everyone. Like others on this list, I'm looking forward...
I came across The Outsider when I was about 17. A friend loaned it to me. Since then I have read about a dozen or so of his fiction and non-fiction books....
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As I understand it, one of Colin Wilson's quests is to be able to achieve Maslow's state of "peak experience" at will, and the direction he's following is that...
Bryan, Here's a little of my own experience in the using-the-mind motif. I've been browsing Piaget's research, and I realized that I absolutely needed his...