posted January 20, 2014 05:53 PM            

It was a chilly night. I was sitting on a block wall on the west side of the village (scraping my memory here...it's been a long time since I thought of this), hanging out with a couple street musicians (friends) who were performing for their supper.

Linda walked up to listen to the music and then engaged us in conversation. I cannot remember the particulars, what was said, etc. I remember that she and I connected at some level, even in an otherwise random social interaction. She had a man with her, but I never could tell if he was a date, a lover, a guard, a driver or a friend. He left and returned carrying four large documents (basically, a letter-sized paper bound in four volumes from 1.5" to 4" thickness) and presented me with a manuscript of Gooberz. She even signed it for me (though she miss-spelled my name, then got it right).

The title page is hand-lettered and has an actual photograph pasted in. The manuscript was done on a word processor, I believe.

I've carried that manuscript with me around the world. I just unpacked it again after another transoceanic move a few months ago.

I always wondered why Linda gave me the manuscript. I believe she saw a familiar soul, or I reminded her of someone else. But I know it had to do with "The Lion" (I am a Leo, too). I may have forgotten the words spoken, but not the feelings nor the energy of that evening so very long ago.

posted January 24, 2014 11:48 AM            

Here is the dedication page (page 2) from Book 1:

posted February 26, 2014 05:24 PM            

QUOTE]Originally posted by MilneCat:
Sometime in the early 1980's, while a student at UCLA, I met Linda in Westwood Village.

It was a chilly night. I was sitting on a block wall on the west side of the village (scraping my memory here...it's been a long time since I thought of this), hanging out with a couple street musicians (friends) who were performing for their supper.

Linda walked up to listen to the music and then engaged us in conversation. I cannot remember the particulars, what was said, etc. I remember that she and I connected at some level, even in an otherwise random social interaction. She had a man with her, but I never could tell if he was a date, a lover, a guard, a driver or a friend. He left and returned carrying four large documents (basically, a letter-sized paper bound in four volumes from 1.5" to 4" thickness) and presented me with a manuscript of Gooberz. She even signed it for me (though she miss-spelled my name, then got it right).

The title page is hand-lettered and has an actual photograph pasted in. The manuscript was done on a word processor, I believe.

I've carried that manuscript with me around the world. I just unpacked it again after another transoceanic move a few months ago.

I always wondered why Linda gave me the manuscript. I believe she saw a familiar soul, or I reminded her of someone else. But I know it had to do with "The Lion" (I am a Leo, too). I may have forgotten the words spoken, but not the feelings nor the energy of that evening so very long ago.

Got sidetracked to this board today in another intuition-tickling way and decided to share this story with you all...figuring you'd appreciate it.[/QUOTE]

posted March 11, 2014 02:06 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
She removed the channeled part in a later edition.

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Did you mean a part of the book?

Or just where it says channeled in the above?

posted March 15, 2014 04:20 PM            

I was so impatient to read it that I didn't even notice it's a first edition.

Ha!

posted July 29, 2014 04:53 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
I have one with it and one without it.

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Forgot about this.

posted July 29, 2014 08:12 PM            

I remember once I was reading "The Spiral Staircase" in two rooms.