Uncensored 'On the Road' to be published

LOWELL, Mass. - Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" will be published in its unedited original scroll version by Viking Press, which published the Beat Generation classic in September 1957.

John Sampas, executor of the writer's literary estate and brother of Stella Sampas, Kerouac's third wife, said he has signed a contract with Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group USA. He hopes the work will be out by the end of next year, the 50th anniversary of the publication.

"Incidents in the original were edited out of the published version because of the censorship of the time," said Sampas, who noted that some of the edited sections refer to drugs and sex. "On the scroll, entire paragraphs are crossed out and not included in the published version."

Sampras said the new version will be in book form, but taken from the original scroll. Any sections Kerouac had crossed out before turning it into the publisher will be excluded in the new edition.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060726/ap_en_ot/books_on_the_road

i read about this yesterday...it basically seems like it's going to be the version that kerouac himself intended to be published before the censors got to him...either way, it'll be in my hands once it's released

And the West Wing Box Set!

fix the typo, "People at lugubrious meals" to be "People ate lugubrious meals."

Still publishing it in book form, not on a scroll. If they can't be true to the man's vision, big whoop. ;)

This is great news..

Kerouac's book inspired me to go "On the Road," myself, hitch-hiking around the country for a couple of years, back in the late '70's.

I have an original copy, a 25th anniversary copy, and now I must get this new edition.

Really looking forward to it.

and put in my advanced order :bounce: