No Samuel Beckett forum?

[Jolly McJollyso]

Just wondering why there's no Beckett subforum... It's a little hard to have a Lit forum without Samuel Beckett's absolutely brilliant insights into the mind-body problem and the issue of language.

[Logos]

Welcome to the site Jolly :)

Right now the only authors who have their own sub-discussion forums are the ones who have works in the public domain and etexts available for reading on the site. A biography page of Samuel B. Beckett (1906-1989) *might* be added to the site someday, although not with any etexts, just summaries of his works.

[Jolly McJollyso]

Welcome to the site Jolly :)

Right now the only authors who have their own sub-discussion forums are the ones who have works in the public domain and etexts available for reading on the site. A biography page of Samuel B. Beckett (1906-1989) *might* be added to the site someday, although not with any etexts, just summaries of his works.
Ah, I see. That's understandable, and thank you for the welcome.

Well, if you ever add a page for M. Beckett, I'll be happy to lend a hand moderating it, though my views on Beckett's philosophies sometimes clash with those who think him pure non-sense or negativity.

[Jolly McJollyso]

Welcome to the site Jolly :)

Right now the only authors who have their own sub-discussion forums are the ones who have works in the public domain and etexts available for reading on the site. A biography page of Samuel B. Beckett (1906-1989) *might* be added to the site someday, although not with any etexts, just summaries of his works.
Actually, I know of an etext for waiting for Godot.

http://samuel-beckett.net/Waiting_for_Godot_Part1.html

And also Endgame:
http://samuel-beckett.net/endgame.html

[Logos]

According to wiki, Waiting for Godot was first published by New York: Grove Press in 1954, so they probably own the copyright to it or his estate. Regarding the online texts at samuel-beckett.net: Some posted without explicit permission. (!) so I don't know what that's all about but it doesn't mean its "right" or in the public domain just because it is on the `net. We don't want to get into that here. Most works published *after* 1923 get into complicated copyright issues, see http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/okbooks.html#whatpd

[Jolly McJollyso]

Some posted without explicit permission. (!)
Yikes! Did not notice that.