tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post2689208524924742435..comments2024-03-18T22:13:59.679+00:00Comments on Retro-Forteana: Two Geeks, a Chicken and BigfootAndrew Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073306343984931484noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-80141047818943992792015-08-07T03:01:19.258+01:002015-08-07T03:01:19.258+01:00The geek was great fun to write but, as you observ...The geek was great fun to write but, as you observed, was done in the drug-addled sixties. I couldn't have done it without weed. Essex House was a wonderful gift. I wrote one more for that publisher (can't remember the editor's name after aLL THESE YEARS!) Also fun to write, although the title was too embarrassing to put down. Anyway, the world of creative erotica lost much when the Philistines who owned the larger corporation shut Essex House down. What they wanted I wouldn't write.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04886177335161543003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-6009850710353076002015-03-04T20:52:34.126+00:002015-03-04T20:52:34.126+00:00Fascinating - that's really very close to the ...Fascinating - that's really very close to the Geek in the Alice Ramirez book, except that in that case the chicken is a live one which comes back out again afterwards (and lives to tell the tale - literally, since the chicken is the book's narrator!).<br /><br />Sorry for the delay in replying, by the way - Blogger normally notifies me about new comments, but failed to do so in this case.Andrew Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17073306343984931484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-91681192826198041422015-03-01T16:43:55.373+00:002015-03-01T16:43:55.373+00:00Andrew -- nice to hear a use of the older meaning ...Andrew -- nice to hear a use of the older meaning for geek. My father who worked as a carny shill when a kid told me, when I was a lad, that a "geek" was a specific form of carnival sideshow entertainer that specialized in eating whole chickens, raw, for an audience. Can't imagine that would be a lifelong vocation though, bacterial infections being as nasty as they are...Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14067179493311042893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-64501251874947900012014-03-16T10:15:01.159+00:002014-03-16T10:15:01.159+00:00Thanks - I'm not sure what your email address ...Thanks - I'm not sure what your email address is but I've just sent you a Friend Request on Facebook.Andrew Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17073306343984931484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-63532214522453806772014-03-15T21:04:04.690+00:002014-03-15T21:04:04.690+00:00I've got a copy. If you email me, I can send i...I've got a copy. If you email me, I can send it your way.JoshuaBBuhshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621321755036209414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-60709087788462860652014-03-11T15:54:31.786+00:002014-03-11T15:54:31.786+00:00Gosh, this sounds absolutely fascinating! Thanks f...Gosh, this sounds absolutely fascinating! Thanks for mentioning it. Unfortunately I can't see how I can access the article, particularly if you can't yourself. I have a JSTOR account, but they only have the abstract and the list of references. There's also a link to an external site which has a preview of the first page only.Andrew Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17073306343984931484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012179240296572398.post-38062205303013021682014-03-09T15:54:42.474+00:002014-03-09T15:54:42.474+00:00I no longer have access to the article--even thoug...I no longer have access to the article--even though I wrote it, proof academic publishing sucks--but check out my piece “Wildmen on the Cyberfrontier: The Computer Geek as an Iteration in the American Wildman Lore Cycle,” Folklore 121 (2010): 61-80. It shows the connection between the word geek, wildmen, and the computer geeks of our time.JoshuaBBuhshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621321755036209414noreply@blogger.com