My Edens After Burns
by Val Kilmer
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Author: Val KilmerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1987
ISBN: 0932482201
Publisher: Blue Feather
Book Reviews of My Edens After Burns
Book Review: Ah, how to rate this book and a personal anecdote about it
Summary: 3 Stars
Here is both a story and a review: I met someone online who found a signed copy of this book in a thrift store. The odds? According to info I could find online, there were approximately 900 copies of this book created, so I'd call the odds very, very low of finding this book. But it was found and it was auctioned on Ebay. It went for $4500.
At the time, excerpts of this book could not only be found here on Amazon (and, as of this writing you can STILL find some samples of the book's contents here) but entire poems were available to see. Short of buying the entire book, one had to be content with reading the poems online. I did.
My opinion: They are odd little snippets of words that didn't resonate strongly with me. Those are the facts. Keep in mind, however, that this author was NOT trying to create a bestseller and that this was akin to a self-published book, a work of creativity by an actor. Also bear in mind that the actor himself took it off the market and one can only speculate why. Also, there is a poem in there dedicated to Michelle Pfeiffer, an actress with which Kilmer had a relationship. So there is that. If you are a film buff who collects rare books written by actors and/or like Val Kilmer, this might be to your liking. Otherwise, I'd save the $900 and up for which it is currently selling and watch Kilmer in one of his many film roles (THe Doors, Tombstone, etc).
Triva alert: I believe he is related (distantly) to poet Joyce Kilmer, according to what I could find online. Those who wish to know more about that can try and follow the bread crumbs I tried to follow online. There didn't seem to be much out there. I'd appreciate any more info.
He did do a book-signing of this book at The Tattered Cover in Denver because a friend was there and told me so. I confirmed this as best I could. This was many years ago.
Not much to go on, I know. But you can see parts of the book here, snippets of the poetry and try to track down more online. I had no luck in rediscovering the page that used to contain all the poetry so I leave you with this information, my recollections of what I'd read before and the historical info.
You can also read more about this and the sale of the book for $4500, years ago, at my blog here on Amazon.
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