OFF: The Warp

[Alastair Lee Sumner]

My story is similar to yours. I got the 3rd one when I was in my final year
at school in 1986 I think. I aquired the 1st and the 2nd books 1 or 2 years
later. I read and re-read them many many times but have never met anyone
who has even heard of them. I did some research on the net and found out
that it has become quite a cult thing. This doesn't surprise me at all,
they have dubbed it 'The play that changes lives'. For anyone that's
interested it's about one man's journey through the underground and
alternative culture of 50s, 60s and 70s Britain, starting in a Soho jazz
cafe and ending up in a commune in Scotland.It is very intense. The play
has been staged a few times in recent years and seems to have found a new
generation of fans in the 'Rave' scene. It seems to have gone a little
quiet now although I don't think that it's dead.

Alastair.

On Sat, 7 Jul 2001 00:28:21 +0100, Jon Browne <jon at COMICS.DEMON.CO.UK>
wrote:
>
>I picked it up when it came out i.e when I was about 15. It looked kind
>of like the Illuminatus trilogy but um, wasn't. I gave up after about
>200 pages. Was it any good then? Yours is the first mention I've ever
>come across in 20 plus years. I still have my mildewed copies.
>--
>Jonny K
>"Atheistic humanism is the opiate of the self-described intellectuals."

>In article <200107062142.RAA12506 at listserv.spc.edu>, Alastair Lee Sumner
><als at POSTMASTER.CO.UK> writes
>>Hi,
>>I was curious as to whether any HW fans on this list have read 'The Warp'
>>by Neil Oram. It consists of 3 books, 'A Storm's Howling through
>>Tiflis', 'Lemmings on the Edge' and 'The Balustrade Paradox'. Ken Campbell
>>staged the play that apparently holds the Guiness record for the longest
>>play (24 hours). It seems like the kind of thing that at least one or two
>>HW fans might have read.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Alastair.
>