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Old 01-12-2014, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by cmbdiesel View Post
You must not have been getting the good stuff....

And, I never realized they were supposed to be 'real'...
I got a dogeared copy from a friend at school and read it for enjoyment, not education.

Hard to be terribly strict with a story where all the good parts happen when the protagonist is under the influence of powerful hallucinogens....
Journey to Ixtlan, which if memory serves was his 4th book, was a nearly word for word commercialization of his PhD dissertation for UCLA. A pretty huge embarrassment to that fine institution and his committee.
Several of his former mistresses- one who was also a step-daughter- went missing right after his death and have not been found. The step daughter's remains were found and ID'd in the CA desert recently.
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