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The Lizard King: The Essential Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison was more than just the lead singer of the Doors. He was a controversial figure who emerged during the 1960s, and his enigmatic style and influence have grown steadily since his death in 1971. Known as a poet, mystic, and shaman, the "Lizard King" performed rock concerts like rituals and took the worship of Dionysus seriously, carrying the torch of Pagan ideals...more
Paperback, 304 pages
Published
July 14th 2006
by Plexus Publishing
(first published 1990)
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-'The Doors', jim said. 'There's the known. And there's the unknown. And what separates the two is the door, and that's what i wanta be. Ahh wanna be th' doooooooorrr....'
-'you could say it's an accident that i was ideally suited for the work i am doing,' jim wrote. 'it's the feeling of a bowstring being pulled back for 22 years and suddenly being let go. i am primarily an american, second a californian, third, a los angeles resident. i've always been attracted to ideas that were about revolt ag...more
-'you could say it's an accident that i was ideally suited for the work i am doing,' jim wrote. 'it's the feeling of a bowstring being pulled back for 22 years and suddenly being let go. i am primarily an american, second a californian, third, a los angeles resident. i've always been attracted to ideas that were about revolt ag...more
Jerry Hopkins was the man that put "No One Here Gets Out Alive" though Denny Sugarman is generally accepted as the main author. Here in this book, Hopkins goes into detail of his personal friendship with Morrison and explains the sort of ending he wanted to go in 50% of the published books of "No One Here Gets Out Alive" but the publisher wouldn't go for it at the time. What is amazing here in this book are some of the conversations that Hopkins/Morrison have on things like "Elvis" and other are...more
This book brings back a lot of vivid memories for me. I read it a few years ago dring a crazy time. Now I look at it as a great time and associate this with it in particular.
The main part of the book isn't muh different then No One here Gets Out Alive. This book gets interesting when it delves into the theories of how Jim Morrison died. Those really boggle the mind and you are left thinking about them for days.
The best part of this book are the magazine interviews at the end of it. The intervie...more
The main part of the book isn't muh different then No One here Gets Out Alive. This book gets interesting when it delves into the theories of how Jim Morrison died. Those really boggle the mind and you are left thinking about them for days.
The best part of this book are the magazine interviews at the end of it. The intervie...more
Nov 05, 2009
Brandon
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
fans of Jim Morrison and the Doors.
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I am a massive fan of the Doors and found myself fascinated with Jim Morrison after watching Oliver Stone's The Doors from 1991. As a result, I've gone on to read any and every book I could find on the subject, including Jerry Hopkins' biographical account of the poet/rock star. This book is actually a follow-up to Hopkins' previous collaboration, No One Here Gets Out Alive. Hopkins, a former writer for the Los Angeles Free Press and Rolling Stone magazine, met Morrison on occasion through his c...more
I read Jim Morrison's poems in high school and couldn't put the book down. This review will apply to all his books. I never enjoyed poetry or lyrics until I read this and the way he used language to describe life was so incredible. I hungered for more of his literature. Unfortunately, I lost my book and writing this review reminds me of how I need to go buy it again.
I always get sad when I read shit like this, musician biographies, I read them because of the sex, drugs, rock n' roll, it's a culture I'll never be apart of, and it's interesting, but that's all most people see upfront, the fun of it, and that's what's sad about it; I'm always traumatized by the drugs, especially heroin, actually, mainly heroin, heroin and cocaine scare the shit out of me, and of course, Kurt had troubles with it [heroin], Layne died of it, Janis died of it, and apparently it p...more
Picked this book up and couldn't put it down, it was a very good book to read for someone (like me at the time) who didn't know much about The Doors and Jim Morrison. It was a quick read because it was so interesting you just wanted to learn more
Hopkins definitely knows the ins and outs of Jim Morrison's life. He even seems to get into the mind of Morrison on several topics and shows us the human and extremely vulnerable side of Morrison. Great read.
I remember reading this when I was a freshman in high school. Fascinating stuff, this book has, Morrison lead an interesting life full of mystery and omniscient supposings. A very very good book.
Completely interesting. Couldn't put it down. The downside to this one is the authors lack of knowledge of the later years of Jim Morrison. But still completely worth it.
During my obsession with The Doors, I bought this book. I really enjoyed this book.
I would recamend this book to anybody!!
dude was a superfreak y'all.
Apr 01, 2009
Emmanue Arcniega
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i like peom
Sep 19, 2011
Matt
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amazing
great book, easy to read and a great 1st book to read about Jim
my role model concerning abstract imagery (and that's where the role model part ends)
I went through a Doors phase what can I say?
very enlightening on the subject...
not too bad
May 22, 2013
Zach Munro
marked it as to-read
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Kori Donahue
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