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Terry Southern
(1924 - 1995)

Terry Southern was born May 1, 1924 in Alvarado, Texas and was an integral part of the post-Beat literary scene of the 60's. His screenplays Dr. Strangelove and Easy Rider defined the paranoia of the 1960's. Terry Southern was ironic before the whole world turned ironic, antiestablishment in a time when the Establishment still existed, irreverent when people were still reverent. Reviewers called his satirical novels Candy and The Magic Christian "savage" before it became routine for comedy to be savage. His anarchic, obscene literary comedy made him so famous that the Beatles included him in the background of their Sgt. Pepper album jacket cover. Terry Southern is wearing his signature dark sun glasses behind John Lennon. Terry Southern wrote both the source material and the screenplay for one of Ringo Starr's first solo film efforts, The Magic Christian.

Terry Southern began rewriting Edgar Allan Poe stories "because they didn't go far enough" at the age of twelve. He served in the Army during World War II as a Lieutenant and wrote short stories while studying at the Sorbonne in France. An early work, "The Accident", was published in the premier issue of The Paris Review, the first short story to appear in that magazine. He admired and befriended British novelist Henry Greene, who convinced Andre Deutch to publish his first novel, Flash and Filigree (1958). Residing with his first wife Carol in Geneva, he conjured the surrealistic exploits for trillionaire trickster "Grand Guy Guy Grand" in The Magic Christian (1959) while at the same time writing Candy (1960) for Maurice Girodias' Olympia Press. He and Gregory Corso convinced Girodias to print William S. Burrough's Naked Lunch. Southern published numerous short stories in England, France and America which were later compiled in Red Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes (1967), and co-edited Writers in Revolt with Alex Trocci and Richard Seaver in 1962.

After settling in an old farmhouse in East Canaan, Connecticut, Stanley Kubrick asked Southern to apply his black humor to a story about the world ending in nuclear holocaust. Columbia Pictures insisted all along that there was nothing funny about the end of the world, but Terry Southern felt otherwise. The result was the 1964 hit movie Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Kubrick was miffed when Southern's script attracted praise from reviewers. The film came out when Candy was a bestseller and Southern's reputation briefly eclipsed Kubrick's. From England, Kubrick began announcing that he was the true author of the film, marginalizing Southern's role. A typical Terry Southern character in the movie is Colonel "Bat" Guano (Keenan Wynn) who thinks "pervert" is pronounced "prevert" and denounces an English RAF officer played by Peter Sellers. "I think you're some kind of deviated prevert." says Guano. For some months afterward, "prevert" became part of the English language. In the film, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (George C. Scott) arguing for a preemptive nuclear strike against Russia, insists that American losses won't be all that bad: "I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed. But I do say no more than 10 to 20 million killed, tops. Uh, depending on the breaks." When humanity is about to be destroyed, the Scott character sulks: "I don't think it's quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up."

A rewarding period in Hollywood followed, writing dialog for The Loved One (1965), The Collector, Cincinnati Kid (1966), Casino Royale and Barbarella (1967). Terry helped launch the independent film movement by co-authoring Easy Rider (1968), and co-producing The End Of The Road (1969).

The Loved One, from the Evelyn Waugh novel, had an unlikely cast that included Milton Berle, John Gielgud and Liberace. On the set, Southern met his future wife, Canadian Gail Gerber. She had danced with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens in Montreal and then worked at the CBC in Toronto. Gerber went to Los Angeles and picked up a small part in The Loved One.

Southern wrote Easy Rider, a gigantic hit, but was persuaded to share script credit with Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper. All three were nominated for an Academy Award. Jack Nicholson's role as a small-town Southern lawyer launched his career. Dennis Hopper wanted the main characters to ride into the sunset, but Southern insisted that "there were no happy endings". Disputes raged for years afterward about the film between Southern and the actors/producers. He argued that according to the Screenwriters Guild guidelines, he should have been awarded sole credit for the screenplay. Southern always felt that "vicious greed" kept him from getting the fees and credit due him for Easy Rider.

In 1968 Southern participated in the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention riots against the Vietnam War along with Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs and Jean Genet. A cover shot of Esquire shows the writers posed with a wounded protester. The photo was taken in New York because they were all arrested setting the shot in Chicago.

After the publication surrounding Blue Movie (1970), he turned to screenwriting full-time, working on speculative original scripts, adaptations, and assignments throughout the 70s and 80s. During this difficult period, Southern's reputation slowly ebbed and the IRS repeatedly attempted to reclaim over $150,000 in unpaid taxes from the mid-sixties. He wrote The Telephone (1986) with singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson. His last novel, Texas Summer, was released by Richard Seaver in 1992.

In 1981 and 1982, Southern was a writer for "Saturday Night Live" while the show was going through one of its 'spells'. From this time until his death, Terry Southern taught film once a week at Columbia University and NYU. In his last years, he was usually short of cash and bothered by the IRS. Terry Southern was the sort of writer who could somehow incur a huge tax bill without making much money. Nile Southern, the writer's son, has been trying to manage the estate's debts and sort out the copyright issues that his father handled so carelessly.

Terry Southern's mission in life was to "attack smugness". He used anarchic humor to strike at sexual repression, militarism and political corruption. Although his later works did not attract widespread attention, Southern changed American taste. But in doing so, he also made himself irrelevant. By the time he died in 1995, Terry Southern had been imitated so often that it is hard to remember that his work inspired controversy.

Terry Southern's manuscripts, letters and other private papers along with his eyeglasses, typewriter and whiskey flask are now in the New York Public Library's Berg Collection.

Dr. Strangelove on DVD

Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb -Terry Southern - Before New Journalism, before the waggish cinema of Woody Allen, before the Gonzo World of Hunter S. Thompson, Saturday Night Live, and National Lampoon, there was the legendary Terry Southern—author of Candy and The Magic Christian and the screenwriter of Dr. Strangelove and Easy Rider. Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes, widely recognized as an underground classic, is a collection of Southern's short pieces, two dozen hilarious, well-observed, and devastating sketches that expose the hypocrisy of American social mores. This edition features an introduction by George Plimpton, one of Southern's longtime literary allies and former editor of The Paris Review. “Terry Southern is the illegitimate son of Mack Sennett and Edna St. Vincent Millay.” —Kurt Vonnegut “Terry Southern writes a clean, mean, coolly deliberate, and murderous prose.” —Norman Mailer “If there was a Mt. Rushmore of modern American humor, Terry Southern would be the mountain they carve it on.” —Michale O'Donoghue “Impressive . . . He is both acutely aware of, and the absolute master of the nuances, the ludicrous snobbishness, the deliberate exclusivity of clique vocabulary. . . . With demoniacal cunning he masquerades as the guardian of taste, of responsibility, and of common decency (Mr. Southern's italics, of course).” —New York Times List Price:$12.99 Our Price:$12.99

Dr. Strangelove, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb [Blu-ray] -Terry Southern - Before New Journalism, before the waggish cinema of Woody Allen, before the Gonzo World of Hunter S. Thompson, Saturday Night Live, and National Lampoon, there was the legendary Terry Southern—author of Candy and The Magic Christian and the screenwriter of Dr. Strangelove and Easy Rider. Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes, widely recognized as an underground classic, is a collection of Southern's short pieces, two dozen hilarious, well-observed, and devastating sketches that expose the hypocrisy of American social mores. This edition features an introduction by George Plimpton, one of Southern's longtime literary allies and former editor of The Paris Review. “Terry Southern is the illegitimate son of Mack Sennett and Edna St. Vincent Millay.” —Kurt Vonnegut “Terry Southern writes a clean, mean, coolly deliberate, and murderous prose.” —Norman Mailer “If there was a Mt. Rushmore of modern American humor, Terry Southern would be the mountain they carve it on.” —Michale O'Donoghue “Impressive . . . He is both acutely aware of, and the absolute master of the nuances, the ludicrous snobbishness, the deliberate exclusivity of clique vocabulary. . . . With demoniacal cunning he masquerades as the guardian of taste, of responsibility, and of common decency (Mr. Southern's italics, of course).” —New York Times List Price:$23.99 Our Price:$16.99

Dr. Strangelove [Import-UK, Region-free Blu-ray] -Terry Southern - - Polish Release, cover may contain Polish text/markings. The disk has English audio and subtitles. Before New Journalism, before the waggish cinema of Woody Allen, before the Gonzo World of Hunter S. Thompson, Saturday Night Live, and National Lampoon, there was the legendary Terry Southern—author of Candy and The Magic Christian and the screenwriter of Dr. Strangelove and Easy Rider. Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes, widely recognized as an underground classic, is a collection of Southern's short pieces, two dozen hilarious, well-observed, and devastating sketches that expose the hypocrisy of American social mores. This edition features an introduction by George Plimpton, one of Southern's longtime literary allies and former editor of The Paris Review. “Terry Southern is the illegitimate son of Mack Sennett and Edna St. Vincent Millay.” —Kurt Vonnegut “Terry Southern writes a clean, mean, coolly deliberate, and murderous prose.” —Norman Mailer “If there was a Mt. Rushmore of modern American humor, Terry Southern would be the mountain they carve it on.” —Michale O'Donoghue “Impressive . . . He is both acutely aware of, and the absolute master of the nuances, the ludicrous snobbishness, the deliberate exclusivity of clique vocabulary. . . . With demoniacal cunning he masquerades as the guardian of taste, of responsibility, and of common decency (Mr. Southern's italics, of course).” —New York Times List Price:$12.46 Our Price:$12.46

Fear and Desire -Terry Southern - Before New Journalism, before the waggish cinema of Woody Allen, before the Gonzo World of Hunter S. Thompson, Saturday Night Live, and National Lampoon, there was the legendary Terry Southern—author of Candy and The Magic Christian and the screenwriter of Dr. Strangelove and Easy Rider. Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes, widely recognized as an underground classic, is a collection of Southern's short pieces, two dozen hilarious, well-observed, and devastating sketches that expose the hypocrisy of American social mores. This edition features an introduction by George Plimpton, one of Southern's longtime literary allies and former editor of The Paris Review. “Terry Southern is the illegitimate son of Mack Sennett and Edna St. Vincent Millay.” —Kurt Vonnegut “Terry Southern writes a clean, mean, coolly deliberate, and murderous prose.” —Norman Mailer “If there was a Mt. Rushmore of modern American humor, Terry Southern would be the mountain they carve it on.” —Michale O'Donoghue “Impressive . . . He is both acutely aware of, and the absolute master of the nuances, the ludicrous snobbishness, the deliberate exclusivity of clique vocabulary. . . . With demoniacal cunning he masquerades as the guardian of taste, of responsibility, and of common decency (Mr. Southern's italics, of course).” —New York Times List Price:$2.99 Our Price:$2.99

Stanley Kubrick Collection (Lolita / Dr. Strangelove / 2001: A Space Odyssey / A Clockwork Orange / Barry Lyndon / The Shining / Full Metal Jacket) -Terry Southern - Before New Journalism, before the waggish cinema of Woody Allen, before the Gonzo World of Hunter S. Thompson, Saturday Night Live, and National Lampoon, there was the legendary Terry Southern—author of Candy and The Magic Christian and the screenwriter of Dr. Strangelove and Easy Rider. Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes, widely recognized as an underground classic, is a collection of Southern's short pieces, two dozen hilarious, well-observed, and devastating sketches that expose the hypocrisy of American social mores. This edition features an introduction by George Plimpton, one of Southern's longtime literary allies and former editor of The Paris Review. “Terry Southern is the illegitimate son of Mack Sennett and Edna St. Vincent Millay.” —Kurt Vonnegut “Terry Southern writes a clean, mean, coolly deliberate, and murderous prose.” —Norman Mailer “If there was a Mt. Rushmore of modern American humor, Terry Southern would be the mountain they carve it on.” —Michale O'Donoghue “Impressive . . . He is both acutely aware of, and the absolute master of the nuances, the ludicrous snobbishness, the deliberate exclusivity of clique vocabulary. . . . With demoniacal cunning he masquerades as the guardian of taste, of responsibility, and of common decency (Mr. Southern's italics, of course).” —New York Times List Price:$149.98 Our Price:$239.99

Doctor Strange (2016) (Theatrical) -Terry Southern - Before New Journalism, before the waggish cinema of Woody Allen, before the Gonzo World of Hunter S. Thompson, Saturday Night Live, and National Lampoon, there was the legendary Terry Southern—author of Candy and The Magic Christian and the screenwriter of Dr. Strangelove and Easy Rider. Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes, widely recognized as an underground classic, is a collection of Southern's short pieces, two dozen hilarious, well-observed, and devastating sketches that expose the hypocrisy of American social mores. This edition features an introduction by George Plimpton, one of Southern's longtime literary allies and former editor of The Paris Review. “Terry Southern is the illegitimate son of Mack Sennett and Edna St. Vincent Millay.” —Kurt Vonnegut “Terry Southern writes a clean, mean, coolly deliberate, and murderous prose.” —Norman Mailer “If there was a Mt. Rushmore of modern American humor, Terry Southern would be the mountain they carve it on.” —Michale O'Donoghue “Impressive . . . He is both acutely aware of, and the absolute master of the nuances, the ludicrous snobbishness, the deliberate exclusivity of clique vocabulary. . . . With demoniacal cunning he masquerades as the guardian of taste, of responsibility, and of common decency (Mr. Southern's italics, of course).” —New York Times List Price:$19.99 Our Price:$19.99

The Return of Dr. Strangelove -Terry Southern - Before New Journalism, before the waggish cinema of Woody Allen, before the Gonzo World of Hunter S. Thompson, Saturday Night Live, and National Lampoon, there was the legendary Terry Southern—author of Candy and The Magic Christian and the screenwriter of Dr. Strangelove and Easy Rider. Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes, widely recognized as an underground classic, is a collection of Southern's short pieces, two dozen hilarious, well-observed, and devastating sketches that expose the hypocrisy of American social mores. This edition features an introduction by George Plimpton, one of Southern's longtime literary allies and former editor of The Paris Review. “Terry Southern is the illegitimate son of Mack Sennett and Edna St. Vincent Millay.” —Kurt Vonnegut “Terry Southern writes a clean, mean, coolly deliberate, and murderous prose.” —Norman Mailer “If there was a Mt. Rushmore of modern American humor, Terry Southern would be the mountain they carve it on.” —Michale O'Donoghue “Impressive . . . He is both acutely aware of, and the absolute master of the nuances, the ludicrous snobbishness, the deliberate exclusivity of clique vocabulary. . . . With demoniacal cunning he masquerades as the guardian of taste, of responsibility, and of common decency (Mr. Southern's italics, of course).” —New York Times List Price:$1.99 Our Price:$1.99

A Clockwork Orange -Terry Southern - Before New Journalism, before the waggish cinema of Woody Allen, before the Gonzo World of Hunter S. Thompson, Saturday Night Live, and National Lampoon, there was the legendary Terry Southern—author of Candy and The Magic Christian and the screenwriter of Dr. Strangelove and Easy Rider. Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes, widely recognized as an underground classic, is a collection of Southern's short pieces, two dozen hilarious, well-observed, and devastating sketches that expose the hypocrisy of American social mores. This edition features an introduction by George Plimpton, one of Southern's longtime literary allies and former editor of The Paris Review. “Terry Southern is the illegitimate son of Mack Sennett and Edna St. Vincent Millay.” —Kurt Vonnegut “Terry Southern writes a clean, mean, coolly deliberate, and murderous prose.” —Norman Mailer “If there was a Mt. Rushmore of modern American humor, Terry Southern would be the mountain they carve it on.” —Michale O'Donoghue “Impressive . . . He is both acutely aware of, and the absolute master of the nuances, the ludicrous snobbishness, the deliberate exclusivity of clique vocabulary. . . . With demoniacal cunning he masquerades as the guardian of taste, of responsibility, and of common decency (Mr. Southern's italics, of course).” —New York Times List Price: Our Price:

Winter Kills Director's Cut -Terry Southern - Before New Journalism, before the waggish cinema of Woody Allen, before the Gonzo World of Hunter S. Thompson, Saturday Night Live, and National Lampoon, there was the legendary Terry Southern—author of Candy and The Magic Christian and the screenwriter of Dr. Strangelove and Easy Rider. Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes, widely recognized as an underground classic, is a collection of Southern's short pieces, two dozen hilarious, well-observed, and devastating sketches that expose the hypocrisy of American social mores. This edition features an introduction by George Plimpton, one of Southern's longtime literary allies and former editor of The Paris Review. “Terry Southern is the illegitimate son of Mack Sennett and Edna St. Vincent Millay.” —Kurt Vonnegut “Terry Southern writes a clean, mean, coolly deliberate, and murderous prose.” —Norman Mailer “If there was a Mt. Rushmore of modern American humor, Terry Southern would be the mountain they carve it on.” —Michale O'Donoghue “Impressive . . . He is both acutely aware of, and the absolute master of the nuances, the ludicrous snobbishness, the deliberate exclusivity of clique vocabulary. . . . With demoniacal cunning he masquerades as the guardian of taste, of responsibility, and of common decency (Mr. Southern's italics, of course).” —New York Times List Price: Our Price:

Fail Safe -Terry Southern - Before New Journalism, before the waggish cinema of Woody Allen, before the Gonzo World of Hunter S. Thompson, Saturday Night Live, and National Lampoon, there was the legendary Terry Southern—author of Candy and The Magic Christian and the screenwriter of Dr. Strangelove and Easy Rider. Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes, widely recognized as an underground classic, is a collection of Southern's short pieces, two dozen hilarious, well-observed, and devastating sketches that expose the hypocrisy of American social mores. This edition features an introduction by George Plimpton, one of Southern's longtime literary allies and former editor of The Paris Review. “Terry Southern is the illegitimate son of Mack Sennett and Edna St. Vincent Millay.” —Kurt Vonnegut “Terry Southern writes a clean, mean, coolly deliberate, and murderous prose.” —Norman Mailer “If there was a Mt. Rushmore of modern American humor, Terry Southern would be the mountain they carve it on.” —Michale O'Donoghue “Impressive . . . He is both acutely aware of, and the absolute master of the nuances, the ludicrous snobbishness, the deliberate exclusivity of clique vocabulary. . . . With demoniacal cunning he masquerades as the guardian of taste, of responsibility, and of common decency (Mr. Southern's italics, of course).” —New York Times List Price:$3.99 Our Price:$3.99

Easy Rider on DVD

Easy Rider -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$3.99 Our Price:$3.99

Easy Rider: The Ride Back -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$12.99 Our Price:$12.99

Easy Rider, Steelbook [Blu-ray] -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$19.99 Our Price:

America Lost and Found: The BBS Story (Head / Easy Rider / Five Easy Pieces / Drive, He Said / The Last Picture Show / The King of Marvin Gardens / A Safe Place) (The Criterion Collection)[Blu-ray] -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - - Shrink-wrapped What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$62.49 Our Price:$62.49

Easy Rider: The Ride Back -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - - Brand Name: KNV Mfg#: 738329118624 - Shipping Weight: 0.16 lbs - Manufacturer: - Genre: - All music products are properly licensed and guaranteed authentic. What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$18.51 Our Price:$15.35

Easy Rider 30th Anniversary -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price: Our Price:

Easy Rider (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price: Our Price:

Reelin' In The Keys - Easy Rider -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$1.99 Our Price:$1.99

Easy Rider (Special Edition) by Peter Fonda -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price: Our Price:

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - - DVD - English (Published), English (Original Language), English (Unknown) - 2 What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$12.11 Our Price:$12.11

Terry Southern

Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes -Terry Southern - - Used Book in Good Condition Before New Journalism, before the waggish cinema of Woody Allen, before the Gonzo World of Hunter S. Thompson, Saturday Night Live, and National Lampoon, there was the legendary Terry Southern—author of Candy and The Magic Christian and the screenwriter of Dr. Strangelove and Easy Rider. Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes, widely recognized as an underground classic, is a collection of Southern's short pieces, two dozen hilarious, well-observed, and devastating sketches that expose the hypocrisy of American social mores. This edition features an introduction by George Plimpton, one of Southern's longtime literary allies and former editor of The Paris Review. “Terry Southern is the illegitimate son of Mack Sennett and Edna St. Vincent Millay.” —Kurt Vonnegut “Terry Southern writes a clean, mean, coolly deliberate, and murderous prose.” —Norman Mailer “If there was a Mt. Rushmore of modern American humor, Terry Southern would be the mountain they carve it on.” —Michale O'Donoghue “Impressive . . . He is both acutely aware of, and the absolute master of the nuances, the ludicrous snobbishness, the deliberate exclusivity of clique vocabulary. . . . With demoniacal cunning he masquerades as the guardian of taste, of responsibility, and of common decency (Mr. Southern's italics, of course).” —New York Times List Price:$14.95 Our Price:$11.29

Candy -ARRAY(0x2c7c228) - The 60th anniversary edition of Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg's classic satirical novel, reissued with a new introduction by bestselling author and actor B. J. Novak List Price:$16.00 Our Price:$10.87

Now Dig This: The Unspeakable Writings of Terry Southern, 1950-1995 -Terry Southern - - Used Book in Good Condition Acclaimed novelist, Beat godfather, prolific screenwriter, and one of the founders of New Journalism, as well as the only guy to wear shades on the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's cover, Terry Southern was an audacious original. Now Dig This is a journey through Terry Southern's America, from the buttoned-down '50s through the sexual revolution, rock 'n' roll, and independent cinema (which he helped inaugurate by cowriting and producing Easy Rider), up to his death in 1995. It spans Southern's stellar career, from early short stories and a Paris Review interview with Henry Green, to his legendary Esquire piece covering the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention with Jean Genet and William Burroughs and his equally infamous account of life neck-high in girls and cocaine aboard The Rolling Stones' tour jet, to his memories of twentieth-century legends like Abbie Hoffman, Kurt Vonnegut, and Stanley Kubrick, with whom he wrote Dr. Strangelove. "A voice electric with street rhythm and royal with offhand intellection ... stuffed with strange and silken scraps." -- Troy Patterson, Entertainment Weekly "The subterranean Texan's finest moments are exquisite reads ... like a hot poker in the eye of conventional narrative." -- A. D. Amorosi, Philadelphia City Paper "The range of writing ... [was] as lethal as Mailer claimed and still awaiting the attention it deserves." -- Charles Taylor, Newsday "... reveals a writer defined by his generosity, by the pursuit of fun and by an insatiable ... literary appetite...." -- Claire Dederer, The New York Times Book Review List Price:$13.00 Our Price:$13.00

The Magic Christian -Terry Southern - One of the funniest, cruelest, and most savagely revealing books about American life ever written, The Magic Christian has been called Terry Southern's masterpiece. Guy Grand is an eccentric billionaire — the last of the big spenders — determined to create disorder in the material world and willing to spare no expense to do it. Leading a life full of practical jokes and madcap schemes, his ultimate goal is to prove his theory that there is nothing so degrading or so distasteful that someone won't do it for money. In Guy Grand's world, everyone has a price, and he is all too willing to pay it. A satire of America's obsession with bigness, toughness, money, TV, guns, and sex, The Magic Christian is a hilarious and wickedly original novel from a true comic genius. List Price:$16.00 Our Price:$15.89

Blue Movie -Terry Southern - - Used Book in Good Condition A hilarious, wildly erotic, and biting satire of Hollywood, Blue Movie tells the story of King B., an Oscar-winning director who's determined to shoot the dirtiest and most expensive X-rated movie ever made; Sid Krassman, a producer who's made a fortune catering to the tastes of the American public, and Angela Sterling, a misunderstood sex symbol who'd give anything (and everything) for a chance to do something "serious." The set is fraught with monstrous egos and enormous libidos — the kind of situation that could only come from the imagination of the irrepressible Terry Southern. List Price:$15.00 Our Price:$15.00

Yours in Haste and Adoration: Selected Letters of Terry Southern -Terry Southern - Terry Southern was one of the most outrageous and penetrating satirists of the twentieth century, judged by Gore Vidal to be "the most profoundly witty writer" of their generation. As a novelist (Candy, The Magic Christian, Blue Movie), screenwriter (Dr. Strangelove, Easy Rider, Barbarella), pioneer of the "New Journalism" at Esquire, and writer for Saturday Night Live, Southern had an incomparable gift for exposing the grotesqueries of the American Way of Life while living it to the full. Southern's list of correspondents reads like a cultural Who's Who of the last half-century. In this collection we find letters to fellow writers including Nelson Algren, William S. Burroughs, George Plimpton, Alex Trocchi, Allen Ginsberg, Henry Green, Gregory Corso, playwright Jack Gelber, and Mason Hoffenberg (co-author of Candy). His letters extend to Hollywood luminaries such as Stanley Kubrick, Dennis Hopper, and George Segal. Southern also corresponded through the years with legendary performers and artists of the day, among them Lenny Bruce, Harry Nilsson, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Larry Rivers, and gallery scene-maker/impresario Robert Fraser. Even more idiosyncratic and outrageous when writing to his friends than he was for an audience, Southern dashed off a plethora of hilarious, shocking, frequently offensive, and unprintable missives to his many friends and colleagues. As this brilliant collection reveals, Southern was one of the great letter writers of the twentieth century. List Price:$45.00 Our Price:$42.64

Terry Southern and the American Grotesque -ARRAY(0x2c287d0) - This work offers a critical biography and analysis of the varied literary output of novels, short stories, screenplays, poetry, articles and essays of the American writer Terry Southern. The book explores Southern's career from his early days in Paris with friends like Samuel Beckett, to swinging London in such company as the Rolling Stones, to filmmaking in Los Angeles and Europe with luminaries like Stanley Kubrick. His writings are examined in chronological order. David Tully was granted unprecedented access by Terry Southern's family to rare, unpublished work from his private archives. This study offers the first comprehensive examination of the career of this major American writer. List Price:$29.95 Our Price:$29.95

A Grand Guy: The Art and Life of Terry Southern -Lee Hill - "When they're no longer surprised or astonished or engaged by what you say, the ball game is over. If they find it repulsive, or outlandish, or disgusting, that's all right, or if they love it, that's all right, but if they just shrug it off, it's time to retire." -- Terry Southern A Grand Guy He was the hipster's hipster, the perfect icon of cool. A small-town Texan who disdained his "good ol' boy" roots, he bopped with the Beats, hobnobbed with Sartre and Camus, and called William Faulkner friend. He was considered one of the most creative and original players in the Paris Review Quality Lit Game, yet his greatest literary success was a semi pornographic pulp novel. For decades, the crowd he ran with was composed of the most famous creative artists of the day. He wrote Dr. Strangelove with Stanley Kubrick, Easy Rider with Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper, and worked on Saturday Night Live with a younger, louder breed of sacred cow torpedoers. He's a face in the crowd on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (the guy in the sunglasses). Wherever the cultural action was, he was there, the life of every party -- Paris in the '50s, London in the swinging '60s, Greenwich Village, and Big Bad Hollywood. Brilliant, dynamic, irrepressible, he enjoyed remarkable success and then squandered it with almost superhuman excess. There was, and ever will be, only one Terry Southern. In a biography as vibrant and colorful as the life it celebrates, Lee Hill masterfully explores the high and low times of the unique, incomparable Terry Southern, one of the most genuine talents of this or any other age. Illuminating, exhilarating, and sobering, it is an intimate portrait of an unequaled satirist and satyrist whose appetite for life was enormous -- and whose aim was sure and true as he took shots at consumerism, America's repressive political culture, upper-class amorality, and middle-class banality. But more than simply the story of one man, here is a wide-screen, Technicolor view of a century in the throes of profound cultural change -- frorn the first chilly blasts of the Cold War and McCarthyism to the Vietnam era and the Reagan years; from Miles and Kerouac to the Beatles, the Stones, and beyond. And always at the center of the whirlwind was Terry Southern -- outrageous, unpredictable, charming, erudite, and eternally cool; a brazen innovator and unappreciated genius; and most of all, A Grand Guy. List Price:$30.00 Our Price:$11.77

Flash and Filigree (Terry Southern) -Terry Southern - Terry Southern is an acclaimed satirist of American culture, the writer responsible for Candy and the screenplay of Dr. Strangelove. In Flash and Filigree, his first novel, he delivers yet another outrageously funny commentary on the dark side of our national life. Frederick Eichner, world-renowned dermatologist, is visited by the entrancingly irritating Mr. Felix Treevly, who comes to him as a patient and stays as an obsession. Mr. Treevly leads the doctor into a series of hilarious and increasingly weird situations, which, with the assistance of a drunken private detective, a mad judge, a car crash, and a hashish party, finally drive him to mayhem. A wild whirlwind of a novel, Flash and Filigree is a work of comic genius from one of the wittiest writers of our time. List Price:$12.00 Our Price:$12.00

Memoirs from a Prison Cell Trilogy (The Missteps of a Southern Boy) (Volume 1) -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$12.95 Our Price:$12.95

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The Magic Christian -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$3.99 Our Price:$3.99

The Magic Christian -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - - Factory sealed DVD What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$13.99 Our Price:$13.99

Caveman [Blu-ray] -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$29.95 Our Price:$16.99

Candy (1968) -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - - Shrink-wrapped What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$13.99 Our Price:$13.19

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Casino Royale -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$2.99 Our Price:$2.99

Casino Royale -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price: Our Price:

Casino Royale (1968) -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$2.99 Our Price:$2.99

Casino Royale (1967) [Blu-ray] -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - - 1080p Hi-Def Picture and Lossless Audio Mix - Audio Commentary with James Bond historians Steven Jay Rubin and John Cork - "The Making of Casino Royale" Featurette - Original Trailer & More! What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$12.46 Our Price:$12.46

The Real Casino Royale -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price: Our Price:

Casino Royale [Blu-ray] -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - - Shrink-wrapped What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$10.30 Our Price:$10.30

Peter Sellers Collection (The Pink Panther / What's New, Pussycat? / The Party / Casino Royale) -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price: Our Price:

Quantum of Solace and Casino Royale - Daniel Craig - 2 Movie Disc [Blu-ray] -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$24.99 Our Price:

007: Daniel Craig Collection (Casino Royale / Quantum of Solace / Skyfall) [Blu-ray] -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$95.31 Our Price:$95.31

The Daniel Craig Collection - James Bond 007 - Limited Edition Steelbook - Includes Casino Royale, Quantum Of Solace, Skyfall [Digital HD] [Blu-ray] -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - - Casino Royale - Quantum Of Solace - Skyfall What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$29.99 Our Price:

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Barbarella -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$4.99 Our Price:$4.99

Barbarella [Blu-ray] -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - - Shrink-wrapped What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$12.99 Our Price:

Barbarella - Queen Of The Galaxy -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$26.83 Our Price:$26.83

Episode 1 -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$1.99 Our Price:$1.99

Barbarella -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price:$11.99 Our Price:

Jane Fonda Collection ('Barbarella (La Venus Del Espacio)', 'Descalzos Por El Parque', 'En El Estanque Dorado', 'Lo Dice Georgia' Y 'El Jinete El�ctrico') (Estuche Metalico) (5 Dvd) (Dvd Neuf Sous Plastique) -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price: Our Price:

Bandas do Sul - Brilha Som / Barbarella / Som Sete / Cheiro de Pai -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price: Our Price:

Barbarella (La Venus Del Espacio) -Terry Wayne Hill Sr. - What is the measure of life? Many standards have measured success, but throughout history people who achieve the most extraordinary feats offer the following advice: No matter what, never give up! And so it seems, those who have endured the greatest hardships and challenges rise from the ashes. Though they are often alone and without resource and comfort, they rise and meet the challenge, becoming more than they ever would have been without the journey. Terry Hill is, in my opinion, such an individual. List Price: Our Price: