Jim Morrison; lead singer of the Doors; has achieved a bizarre cult status since his death in 1971. Morrison was one of the most popular and controversial figures to emerge during the sixties; described as an erotic politician; poet; shaman; Dionysian drunk; his style and influence have grown steadily in the twenty years since his death; so that the real man has gradually disappeared behind the legend. Now; in The Lizard King: The Essential Jim Morrison; Morrisons biographer Jerry Hopkins; co-author of No One Here Gets Out Alive; reassesses Jims life and provides fresh insights into him as a human being rather than the myth that he has become. But this reassessment is only part of this remarkable book. At its heart is a series of interviews with Jim Morrison by journalists including Hopkins himself; Ben Fong-Torres; John Tobler; Bob Chorush; Salli Stevenson; Richard Goldstein and the late John Carpenter; Morrison shows himself to have been articulate; intelligent and witty. Published uncut; these interviews provide a unique insight into a man who consciously created his own myth; then lived to regret it. Stripping bare the facts from the fantasies of Jims death in Paris in 1971; and taking a long hard look at what has happened since to the people who he left behind; The Lizard King: The Essential Jim Morrison brings sharply into focus the broken dreams and unreachable ideals of one of the sixties most enduring icons.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Three StarsBy mitziNo enough information on each castle to warrant a book3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Covers a lot of castles and fortressesBy Will KalifI bought this book as part of preparation to visit great britain and see some castles. In this aspect the book is excellent. It covers a lot of castles. And it doesnt just cover the big ones like Windsor. It also covers ruins; motte and bailey; fortresses and more. With the inclusion of lots of pictures I can get a real sense of which castles I want to visit. In one sense the book kind of reminds me of a tag cloud where the more popular words are bigger than the others. And this is what this book does in a sense. The more popular; better preserved castles like Alnwick which is featured in the Harry Potter movies has two pages of information. While some of the smaller ruins will only have a paragraph.The book starts out with a 20 page introduction that gives some nice information about castles; a timeline over the centuries; how they were built and what the different types are. It also has a nice map that is broken down by counties which helps me figure out where the various ones are.For just about every castle in the book they give you background information; structural info; telephone number; website; and location.If you are a castle fan this is a great reference; and if you plan on visiting castles this is an excellent way to help you figure out which ones you will see. Wish i could see them all.3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Very Little Information; A Shallow Attempt At The SubjectBy Andy63I have quite a few books on British castles; and this book is by quite a wide margin; the least useful. The book makes a shallow attempt to cover 100 castles in its small format. We are left with maybe a couple paragraphs and a miniscule picture for each. Glamis and Fyvie; for example; are undoubtably two of the most splendid architectural marvels in all of Britian; yet are covered in the space of one small page(and I mean small; the page size is approximately 5 x 7 inches). Another example of this book inadequacies; is the picture of Fyvie. A magnificient example of French Baronial architecture; this photo is about one inch by two inches; and there isnt even a picture of arguably the most popular and splendid castle in all of Britian; if not the world; Glamis! How on earth one can write a book of the subject and not include at least one photo of Glamis is mind boggling. Also; every single photo is an exterior view; not one; single interior photo. I guess the photos (one inch by two inches no doubt) of the interiors of the castles could be another book? Give me a break. This book is a joke. Pass on this lame attempt and find a real book on the subject...
