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My Journey to Tom Robbins
The first book of Tom Robbins I read was Jitterbug Perfume back in 1998. It as a rich textured story, a journey of the senses about how to make scent.
It is also a story about a woman finding herself through her travels to New Orleans of search of the perfect perfume. Along the way, she meet s a Voodoo Woman and host of other colorful persona.
After reading this book, I quickly bought and read half asleep in frog pajamas. From there I have read and loved each of his varied stories.
One novel that stands out in from all the others is Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates which was not a pure version of classic formula which turned it into one of my favorites.(note: This Lens was made in collaboration with my good friend Kelly Elliot)
It is also a story about a woman finding herself through her travels to New Orleans of search of the perfect perfume. Along the way, she meet s a Voodoo Woman and host of other colorful persona.
After reading this book, I quickly bought and read half asleep in frog pajamas. From there I have read and loved each of his varied stories.
One novel that stands out in from all the others is Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates which was not a pure version of classic formula which turned it into one of my favorites.(note: This Lens was made in collaboration with my good friend Kelly Elliot)
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- travelinmatt travelinmatt Jun 6, 2009 @ 8:04 pm
- Tom got me to hitchhike from Oklahoma to living in the Virgin Islands by way of hitting the ocean at the tip of Florida and finding a boat that took aboard thumbs and cooks who know how to make southern gravy. I have chased, dated, fell in love with, and been broken by redheads. I have tried every drug with every type of medicine man and shamen I have found. I am a hot mess breathing like a bandaloop, wearing patchouli (tried the Beat), and fucking like Pan. I think I had just took acid and finished with Heinlein's Stranger when I wrecked my dad's motorcycle and had time to kill. Of course I found Tom's stories at that tender age and frame of mind. I was in need of Jesus and found him instead. Mix in reading the Illuminatus Trilogy between any of the long waits for the next novel. I dare you. My friends and I hold CRAFT as often as possible. I also have James Joyce stuck in my head, smoke Camels, troubled with very young women, love Bring In The Clowns! I give Tom a HUGE thumbs up!
Tom Robbins Resources
- Interview | Tom Robbins
- Tom Robbins interview
- Basking Robbins: An interview with Tom Robbins
- Basking Robbins: An interview with Tom Robbins (November 1985) by Lawrence Gerald
- How to Write Like Tom Robbins
- I spent one month working on a screenplay with Tom Robbins and found out how he writes his books. It's no way to write a screenplay.
- The AFTRLife
- "The AFTRLife (an acronym for alt.fan.tom-robbins) is a website -- consider it an hom(ep)age -- dedicated to Tom Robbins, the cosmic/
- Salon People | Tom Robbins
- As new waves of 20-year-olds wash up on his shores, the favorite novelist of the attitudinal post-adolescent set keeps writing with a pen dipped in acid.
The Tom Robbins Diasporic Reunion
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Tom Robbins on Wikipedia
Thomas Eugene "Tom" Robbins (born July 22, 1936) is an American author. His novels are abstract, often wild stories with strong social undercurrents, a satirical bent, and obscure details. He is probably best known for his novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976), which was made into a movie in 1993 directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Uma Thurman and Keanu Reeves.
Tom Robbins on Amazon
B Is for Beer
Amazon Price: $12.21 (as of 12/29/2009) 
Wild Ducks Flying Backward
Amazon Price: $10.08 (as of 12/29/2009)
Jitterbug Perfume
Amazon Price: $10.20 (as of 12/29/2009)
Another Roadside Attraction
Amazon Price: $10.08 (as of 12/29/2009)
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
Amazon Price: $10.20 (as of 12/29/2009)
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