Buk Trivia... Answerer becomes next Questioner

[HenryChinaski]

i forgot it was my turn.

here's an easy one:what was the title of the first novel buk ever started working on?

 

[roni]

Was it 'The Way the Dead Love'?

 

[cirerita]

A Place to Sleep the Night

 

[roni]

Never heared of that one. When did he do that?

 

[cirerita]

Roni,
it's all in the timeline. maybe you missed it?

 

[HenryChinaski]

lol, yeah yeah yeah, well I was having trouble thinking of a question. NEXT! youre up cirerita.

 

[cirerita]

an easy one: who bought the rights to shoot Women?

 

[Petey]

This is Taylor Hackfort

 

[roni]

Roni, it's all in the timeline. maybe you missed it?

Oh, yes, this is me - I MISS so many things ALL of the time!
What happened to this manuscript? Are there any parts left?


I thought, Hackford only had the rights for 'Post Office' - or did I miss something AGAIN? :-))

 

[cirerita]

as far as I know, Hackford did NOT buy the rights to shoot Women... and no one has the manuscript of B's first attempt to write a novel... well, maybe the skimo has it :D

 

[Petey]

Then it must be Paul Verhoven the director from "Robocop".

 

[cirerita]

yup, that's right. Your turn, Petey.

 

[Petey]

Keep an eye on my username. In which short story Bukowski mentioned the
character of "Petey the owl".
By the way i don`t like this story very much (because it`s too fictional)
but the name sounds very cool.

 

[roni]

"Petey the owl will blow me for a buck!"
That was The Fuck-Machine, my dear!

Talking of funny nicknames:
How much is the weight of Jimmy the Dwarf and what did he have?

 

[Bukfan]

Jimmy the dwarf rings a bell. Is it from a short story or a novel?

 

[roni]

you want help? o.k. - from a story.

 

[Bukfan]

Thanks! - and thank god that there's only a few of those...:rolleyes:

 

[roni]

o.k. one more hint: One of the Dramatis Personae of the story just died.

 

[cirerita]

The Birth, Life and Death of an Underground Newspaper. And that guy had "soul"

 

[roni]

Right so!
Your turn!

 

[cirerita]

an easy one:
according to myth, to whom did B allegedlly lose his virginity? please provide all the basic details: weight, profession... ;)

 

[roni]

a 300 pound whore

 

[cirerita]

yep...

 

[Ponder]

She just signed up.

 

[roni]

O, that was way too easy, even for me. I should take back that answer and give a really sophisticated smartass answer like:
His MENTAL verginity was lost to a certain Lila Jane, weight: not listed, profession: school-girl. notable: different panties every day.
Feel much better with this one.

 

[HenryChinaski]

you're up, roni. give us a good one.

 

[roni]

o.k., here's a nice one:
What keeps Bukowski from total madness?

(in case this is too hard, I have a little tip prepared for you already.)

 

[hoochmonkey9]

these words I write

 

[roni]

Wow! That was fast!
I didn't know this quote was so well known in the US!
[since in fact, the original drawing and handwriting was done in a message to his German publisher Benno Kaesmayr of MaroVerlag
(who was the first to publish a book of Bukowski-poetry in Germany in the early 70s btw).]
So let's see what you come up with!

 

[cirerita]

this might have helped to make those words known in the US... and everywhere.
http://www.levee67.com/bukowski/