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Re: WILHELM REICH

From: dxc4@po.CWRU.Edu (David Condon)
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1992 22:23:28 -0800
Subject: Re: WILHELM REICH
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In a previous article, jody_ferguson.asw.navairtestcen%pcgate@natc-fw.navy.MIL () says:

>Hi all!                                                                        
>                                                                               
>I found a book about Wilhelm Reich a few months back while visiting a          
>friend in Ocala, Florida.  It is called _Orgone,_Reich,_and_Eros_.  I          
>have only flipped through it so far.  Seems to tell all about the doctor       
>and his theories as well as the trouble he was in with the government.         
>                                                                               
>I don't know how rare it is, but it seems to be out of print.  Has             
>anyone heard of this one before?  It seems quite interesting, but I have       
>been too busy to really dedicate any time to reading it.                       
>                                                                               
>Also has anyone seen a book by Orson Bean (of Match Game '74 obscurity)        
>called _Me_and_the_Orgone_?  I saw an ad for it in the back of an older        
>copy of _A_Book_of_Dreams_.  It would be interesting to find.  He is           
>mentioned in the Reich book a couple of times.  I guess Bean was quite a       
>proponent of Reichian theories.  Now I've gotta figure out why he was          
>considered a celebrity in the early '70's.                                     
It was because of his many many years as the comedic linchpin of "To Tell
the Truth."

>                                                                               
>                                            Jody                               
>
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