Talk:Herbert Huncke
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[edit] Questions
The first paragraph states he is a "homosexual pioneer", but subsequent paragraphs state he is bisexual. Even if bisexuality is a form of homosexuality, the two terms should not be used interchangeably.
I've got questions about a few details...
- Assured that Burroughs was all right, Huncke bought the morphine and, at Burroughs request, immediately gave him an injection.
My vague memory of the Ted Morgan book is that Huncke didn't give Burroughs his first hit.
- In the late 40s Allen Ginsberg, Jack Melody and "Detroit Redhead" flipped a car in Queens, New York while trying to run down a motorcycle cop
While trying to run down a cop? Really? They were on the run from the cops, as I remember it, but I don't remember that they were trying to kill one of them at any point.
Looking up the first point, Ted Morgan has it like so (p.121 of the Avon books trade paper):
- Bernie vouched for him, and when they came back into the kitchen, Burroughs and Phil White were discussing the Syrettes. But Huncke was still suspicious and said, "I don't think I want to bother, really." Phil, however, was interested and said he would be in touch.
- A few days later, Burroughs used one of the Syrettes and had his first experience with junk. He wanted to see what it was like, as he had done with chloral hydrate at Los Alamos ...
Sounds an awful lot like Burroughs gave himself his own first shot.
[edit] Ginsberg Biography
According to Dharma Lion: A Biography of Allen Ginsberg by Micheal Schumacher, Burroughs was trying to sell "a submachine gun," it also tells that according to Huncke's biography, Huncke was responsible for Burrough's first shot.
