OFF: The Warp

[Alastair Lee Sumner]

I think it's very likely that it is the same guy. The books are fictional
but I heard on an online radio documentary that they are based on the
author's own life. The main character is a poet and part of the second book
is based in a Yorkshire village.

Alastair.

On Sun, 8 Jul 2001 14:08:31 +0100, Captain Bl at ck <starfield at SUPANET.COM>
wrote:

>I quote from Lost In The Woods:
>
>"There was one last brief happy interlude, when Syd, Susie and Peter went
to
>visit poet Neil Oram in his country cottage. Syd, in comfortable
unpressured
>surroundings reminiscent of Earlham Street, with the same friendly faces,
>was able to shake loose the catatonia and relax. His smile returned as they
>sat around a hearth fire in the ancient cottage, seated on the floor as the
>autumnal evening fell. But Syd's smile masked a growing fear and
>uncertainty. He was unhappy".
>
>There is a further reference to 'beams' and 'cabbages' in Pete Anderson's
>biography of Syd, but I don't have it to hand.
>
>Captain Bl at ck.
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Alastair Lee Sumner <als at POSTMASTER.CO.UK>
>To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
>Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 1:32 AM
>Subject: Re: OFF: The Warp
>
>
>> Close...I've read that he lives up at Loch Ness in Scotland. Not sure
>about
>> the Syd Barrett references, I'd be interested though.
>>
>> Alastair.
>>
>> On Sat, 7 Jul 2001 09:31:50 +0100, Captain Bl at ck <starfield at SUPANET.COM>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Neil Oram? Wasn't he the guy who lived in a remote Yorkshire cottage
>> because
>> >the cabbages told him to?
>> >
>> >I'm sure I've seen references to him in relation to Syd Barrett, who
>stayed
>> >at his abode once during his later Pink Floyd period - apparently
hanging
>> >from the beams.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: Alastair Lee Sumner <als at POSTMASTER.CO.UK>
>> >To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
>> >Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 10:42 PM
>> >Subject: OFF: The Warp
>> >
>> >
>> >> 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.