Tribe.net. Local Connections dave http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#fceb779a-9f82-4984-8938-36f28d2a3f54 2006-12-08T04:25:19Z 2006-12-08T04:25:19Z

It has to be Plexus ... it's the one I lend out to people to show him at his best ... from the very first line it has all the best elements of his writing, i.e: hit the ground running, stick to what happened, do it with your heart and celebrate life from the bottom with a flourish. A great read when you're in need of confirmation...as he might have said, life as an adventure, not a career. All of his books were quite different, when you look at them. Like each one was an experiment in itself. Plexus is probably where he got the balance just right. Having said that...the one I most dip into is Black Spring...it lives permanently in my bedside cabinet.

dave 2006-12-08T04:25:19Z $item.owner.firstName http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#7940592e-95c2-452d-a80c-351926f06c25 2006-10-09T04:46:19Z 2006-10-09T04:46:19Z

I liked C of M but found it boring compared to his other works.

$item.owner.firstName 2006-10-09T04:46:19Z Fulano http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#c718a675-b9a6-4dcd-9cc3-064b784feb45 2006-10-09T03:16:06Z 2006-10-09T03:16:06Z

"suprised no one mentioned Colossus of Maroussi, probably one of his best, most inspired books." I think Josh about captures the power of Colossus with these words. For me, this book seemed to mark a turn in Miller's voice away from the angry force of his earlier work, to the more assured and, yes, self-confident tone of his later work/monologue. That said, I remember reading Capricorn during one of my failed efforts at holding down a "real" job -- pretty much blew the roof off that illusion! And recently, while visiting a friend in Chicago (yet another struggling writer), I re-read Quiet Days in Clichy. What a nice companion piece to Cancer, albeit a bit rougher and less polished. But I must confess, I've always loved to dip into Black Spring, an impulse that's yet to let me down. An earlier work, to be sure -- but with Black Spring, Miller "became" a poet! Miller, it's a way of life...

Fulano 2006-10-09T03:16:06Z bartholomew http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#eed3cb19-3326-4eb4-8190-f7fc762c4108 2006-10-03T05:14:59Z 2006-10-03T05:14:59Z

I read that. Lotta fun.

bartholomew 2006-10-03T05:14:59Z dovid http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#ccd907b3-cada-4d7d-8dc4-3e2a7a1b2bae 2006-10-03T05:08:22Z 2006-10-03T05:08:22Z

I agree with Josh, also how about The Time of the Assassines?

dovid 2006-10-03T05:08:22Z Hazel-rah http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#73293502-ae27-4940-bec7-4c755c89749d 2006-09-30T19:57:23Z 2006-09-30T19:57:23Z

Bjork! Tropic of Capricorn had me nailed to the chair. Right now I am reading Colossus, which has me floating off of the lawn blanket. Cancer was the first I read, and it gave my dictionary a good workout too. Remember to Remember was great also, especially Astrological Fricassee. I enjoyed Moloch more than I thought I might, it had more closure at the end than I was expecting. If I had to pick one, though, it would be Capricorn.

Hazel-rah 2006-09-30T19:57:23Z Josh http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#5b44746e-42c3-49c2-bbbc-0125684129ee 2006-07-21T02:02:28Z 2006-07-21T02:02:28Z

suprised no one mentioned Colossus of Maroussi, probably one of his best, most inspired books.

Josh 2006-07-21T02:02:28Z Alison http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#6c54b001-47b7-4c10-94a7-4d0a78f1949d 2006-04-20T00:32:34Z 2006-04-20T00:32:34Z

Wisdom of the Heart and Stand Still Like the Hummingbird. I love Henry's later life writing the most. Mafe me feel less alone in the world. He is so hugely brave in his love for life. Not many have the fortitude. He also led me to Jean Giono who is one of my favorite writers and wrote one of my favorite books, THe Joy of Man's Desiring.

Alison 2006-04-20T00:32:34Z chinaski http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#93f7f7f3-cb32-4709-935a-b0ad75566496 2006-04-17T12:35:39Z 2006-04-17T12:35:39Z

Cancer just for the way that first paragraph smacks you in the face and then won't stop.

chinaski 2006-04-17T12:35:39Z $item.owner.firstName http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#425a163a-2255-4937-8b32-6c6b93e54502 2006-01-19T03:07:53Z 2006-01-19T03:07:53Z

I have been trying to find a miller rant on money in cancer, any one know the pages?

$item.owner.firstName 2006-01-19T03:07:53Z Darkneuro http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#2a381bcc-9b99-4ad4-86a4-76c647611d5b 2006-01-15T08:48:50Z 2006-01-15T08:48:50Z

Tropic of Cancer.

Darkneuro 2006-01-15T08:48:50Z Chase http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#d4e3d440-4437-4bd8-b448-069b1bc7bd34 2006-01-13T05:10:50Z 2006-01-13T05:10:50Z

Mine would probably be "A devil in paradise." Either that or "Sexus."

Chase 2006-01-13T05:10:50Z Monsoon http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#15b02a73-cf64-4faf-92c3-01feceed8a9d 2005-11-24T15:19:04Z 2005-11-24T15:19:04Z

Greetings from H Millers favorite hideaway.the Big Sur coast, Ya'll should Check out "Nothing But The Marvolous".....H Millers musings and reflections on life , love, sex n' just about anything else you might want to feel! Great book 4 anyone at anytime Peace M

Monsoon 2005-11-24T15:19:04Z $item.owner.firstName http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#6e5fc6f9-5555-4af1-a799-d0b747ee272c 2005-11-03T05:54:33Z 2005-11-03T05:54:33Z

Plexus. I like the expansiveness of it, and I think it's among the most honest descriptions of what it's like to be a man in love with somebody that you know is going to bring you down but somehow being able to not care, or at least not being able to do anything about it, that I've ever read. I don't really like the "Tropic" books. In "The Rosy Crucifixion" he sometimes writes along the lines that the "purpose" of his life was to write these books, and I think that shows in their breadth, depth and especially their unpretentiousness; the sense of purpose in them is clear.

$item.owner.firstName 2005-11-03T05:54:33Z kira http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#6ff6f025-069a-4644-bc1f-9919a1e1c8ff 2005-11-03T00:52:28Z 2005-11-03T00:52:28Z

tropic of cancer is probably most peoples favorite and i love it too but i have to say the rosy crusifiction trilogy, i really couldnt pick one of the three since they are really just one big book

kira 2005-11-03T00:52:28Z $item.owner.firstName http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#4e35cfc2-0530-49fc-af5a-197609c4a2f8 2005-10-19T05:21:07Z 2005-10-19T05:21:07Z

"Insomnia or the Devil at Large", a hand written book with water colours about 75 pages long. Excellent read about one of his last lustfull infatuations, an oriental piano bar singer.

$item.owner.firstName 2005-10-19T05:21:07Z c http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#eeb69d57-9adf-4491-b75d-455cd0b8aff4 2004-12-04T05:52:27Z 2004-12-04T05:52:27Z

Plexus or Nexus, not counting the Cancer's which are the best

c 2004-12-04T05:52:27Z FirstName http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#bcda6dc4-a662-414e-a7e3-c87cd4753869 2004-10-16T20:11:53Z 2004-10-16T20:11:53Z

Tropic of Cancer... how I wish I had a Parisian experience like Miller's! :) Also Under the Roofs of Paris... Great stuff!

FirstName 2004-10-16T20:11:53Z $item.owner.firstName http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#c02a79e5-4afc-4d88-8245-9e8dcf4c287d 2004-10-02T22:52:12Z 2004-10-02T22:52:12Z

i liked sexus the best. after reading the tropics, air-conditioned nightmare (best title ever, by the way), and black spring, sexus explains the events in his life that lead up to his leaving america to live in paris, where he wrote cancer. the very end is brillant, with miller so dehumanized by mona that he was barking like a dog. crazy cock is also good. i almost think the stories where he sticks to his straight existentialist narrative are better than when he goes off on long winded poetic ramblings.

$item.owner.firstName 2004-10-02T22:52:12Z SOL http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#0c1326fe-fef5-4339-ba1e-1626867c95b3 2004-07-27T20:34:20Z 2004-07-27T20:34:20Z

i gotta get that book... i was gonna ask u to go into it - but i'll just amazon it and see what they say... i'm on sexus right now - and ur right gerald... there is that same raw element that made up "under the roofs" - only there is a ton of other beautiful emotion, feeling, and the embrace of moments that are thrown in there. can you or anyone tell me which one to read next? i dunno if i want to read all the rosy cruc. novels back to back - someone told me not to - or should i, and why? i was kinda edging towards tropic of cancer... lemme know :) thanks s.

SOL 2004-07-27T20:34:20Z Gerald http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#5b376e2b-d2b1-43d5-9978-64d5de3bb482 2004-07-27T18:47:43Z 2004-07-27T18:47:43Z

I absolutely loved Under the Roofs of Paris for its bawdiness and hilarity, but overall I enjoyed Tropic and Sexus better because it had the same raunchiness but added so much more substance and beauty. I just picked up a book by erica jong on Henry Miller, i think it's called "The Devil At Large". Anyone read it?

Gerald 2004-07-27T18:47:43Z SOL http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#1a126a83-9523-4e92-b41a-73fa0a88ae80 2004-07-27T09:36:08Z 2004-07-27T09:36:08Z

i feel the same way. though i love sexus, i was introduced to miller with under the roofs of paris and to this day - his writing and raunchiness rings so true to me - he kept it very real. yeah and the story of the chinese girl with that hidden jade necklace... haha.. loved it :)

SOL 2004-07-27T09:36:08Z $item.owner.firstName http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#6a799732-5e17-4317-aa44-ce342cd87d2a 2004-05-29T04:34:34Z 2004-05-29T04:34:34Z

Under the Roofs is the BEST! Terrifically raunchy, and I love its unevenness, and the story about the girl with the jade necklace.

$item.owner.firstName 2004-05-29T04:34:34Z Gerald http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#7952beb9-ac69-4b23-ade8-265f90f547a1 2004-05-21T20:06:43Z 2004-05-21T20:06:43Z

I have enjoyed everything he's ever written, including Under the Roofs of Paris ;) I'd have to say Tropic of Cancer is still my favorite.

Gerald 2004-05-21T20:06:43Z Drinks with http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#4595b05c-fb2d-4960-b96a-66e1db0117b1 2004-01-18T11:06:38Z

Sexus is still my fav.

Drinks with 2004-01-18T11:06:38Z Dakota http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#93f51f62-6fb0-4fff-b268-36e287ba9c84 2004-01-24T18:08:59Z

I'd have to say Tropic Of Cancer..and Crazy Cock..I love his hard edged unedited flow of thought..Alabama

Dakota 2004-01-24T18:08:59Z Geri http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#cfb3a394-36d8-4b1c-8270-8ad5a7deeaee 2004-02-02T02:58:31Z

Favorite Miller book??? It is difficult to pick one...OPUS PISTORUM is great, one of the raunchiest books ever. But I think my favorite is A SMILE AT THE FOOT OF THE LADDER. Made me like clowns again.

Geri 2004-02-02T02:58:31Z wu http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#77ce7290-0b81-406b-80e0-7f5c9223a469 2004-02-04T09:39:53Z

I'd count the whole of the Rosy Crucifixion as my fave - although "Wisdom of the Heart" & "Henry Miller on Writing" are my most thumbed of the Miller books I own & the letters between him & nin blow me away

wu 2004-02-04T09:39:53Z Geri http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#fc2fadb0-26b5-4d9b-aa12-8a90fdf08344 2004-02-04T20:44:45Z

WEll, you interested in buying 1st american edition (grove) printings, hardback....w/DJ, no dog ears....of the trilogy? They are going for $400+ on amazon for the set. I would part with them for $350. THey are lovely, but terrible money problems force me to do this. Any takers? Yes, I love all his books of letters, the one with lawrence durrell is good too...and hoki...

Geri 2004-02-04T20:44:45Z Geri http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#b9e2ee21-c960-4ce9-aacf-710682231853 2004-02-04T20:45:59Z

ahh...and you're from Lawrence...I saw a punk show there back in 89 or so....in a corn field I seem to remember.lol

Geri 2004-02-04T20:45:59Z mitchell http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#bdede787-5db2-447c-9bf3-442f975779b4 2004-02-25T00:08:50Z

cancer, when he talks about the streets of ny ,and ny telegram telegragh office the city streets .it so poetic

mitchell 2004-02-25T00:08:50Z Geri http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#b7f7e9a8-0e77-4e95-88bb-88794558b1ad 2004-03-04T23:50:40Z

I think you are thinking of Capricorn, Cancer is Paris.

Geri 2004-03-04T23:50:40Z mitchell http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#2ba45ad4-9c8e-4c5f-8b83-89c863d325f2 2004-03-05T14:51:55Z

ok

mitchell 2004-03-05T14:51:55Z douglas http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#ad198b55-3479-4844-a317-ff5ec5db65a6 2004-03-06T03:35:39Z

Sexus, Air Conditioned Nightmare, letters to Emil...

douglas 2004-03-06T03:35:39Z Mrs.PartyBoy(tm) http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#26c5623f-3631-4cb4-8e15-e2259eff9236 2004-03-06T06:35:18Z

I don't have a favorite yet. I am currently reading a first edition of Gliding Into the Everglades one of his later works.

Mrs.PartyBoy(tm) 2004-03-06T06:35:18Z Fatima http://henrymiller.tribe.net/thread/db1b3e19-ec1a-4bd6-9db9-388eb124d4c4#d27b69f3-845f-4d4f-8d20-f3f4146e83a6 2004-03-08T15:02:25Z

The Air-Conditoned Nightmare is what made me fall in love with him, closely followed by Stand Still like the Hummingbird, Quiet Days in Clichy..On Writing..

Fatima 2004-03-08T15:02:25Z