#1 2018-01-16 14:18:32
An Amazing Poet/Philosopher. He will be missed
His Site:
http://dalependell.com/
A PDF of one of his books:
http://www.survivorlibrary.com/library/ … -poeia.pdf
A Blog Entry About Him...
https://gwyllm.com/2018/01/14/on-a-frie … e-pendell/
From The L.A. Times back when:
http://articles.latimes.com/2003/oct/19 … -pendell42
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#2 2018-01-16 15:11:28
The LA Times article was delicious. There were several quotable sections, but this one made me laugh out loud:
The potential for ridicule is not lost on him. "Timothy Leary had a joke about LSD research," he says. "You couldn't write about LSD with any authority if you hadn't tried it. On the other hand, if you had tried it, then how could anyone trust what you said?"
I don't know Pendell, but maybe I'll do some exploring based on your recommend. Thanks.
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#3 2018-01-16 15:32:17
Smudge wrote:
The LA Times article was delicious. There were several quotable sections, but this one made me laugh out loud:
The potential for ridicule is not lost on him. "Timothy Leary had a joke about LSD research," he says. "You couldn't write about LSD with any authority if you hadn't tried it. On the other hand, if you had tried it, then how could anyone trust what you said?"
I don't know Pendell, but maybe I'll do some exploring based on your recommend. Thanks.
A wonderful writer. If you like Science Fiction try his "The Great Bay". Prescient.
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#4 2018-01-16 16:55:49
Thanks. I haven't read sci-fi in years...but maybe this will get me going again.
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#5 2018-01-17 18:15:00
Thanks, So sorry he has gone, but so love what he wrote for us.
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#6 2018-01-17 22:01:54
I am quite sad Johnny. We knew each other for a very long time. Guest Friends.
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#7 2018-01-18 00:57:45
SpacePuppy wrote:
I am quite sad Johnny. We knew each other for a very long time. Guest Friends.
I have some Guest Friends too. I always keep a guest room for them to drop in and stay over anytime. Means the world to share with guests.
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#8 2018-01-19 17:08:55
Interesting cat. Enjoyed his "Lunar Meanders" lecture. Perhaps his own version of "On the Road". Uncle Sid may have dispensed clarity early on, but focus seemed diminished in the lecture. May be attributed to health issues so not judging.
Acquaintances such as this do indeed make life interesting...as human interactions go. Alas, most are few and far between.
Count yourself lucky SpacePuppy.
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#9 2018-01-19 17:19:57
He was one month out of hospital for liver transplant at that lecture. Why he went I will never figure. We met up later that summer and he was still a bit drug dazed etc. Sadly, the cancer had jumped and we didn't know it. Thanks, he was a beautiful person. I was very lucky in our friendship.
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