Contents
2MORROW PAPERBACK EDITIONS $3.25
3A Guided Tour of
4by Hugh Kenner
6 BUCKY
7 A Guided Tour of Buckminster Fuller
8Also by Hugh Kenner
9 The Pound Era
10 The Counterfeiters
11 The Stoic Comedians
12 Samuel Beckett
13 The Invisible Poet: T. S. Eliot
14 Gnomon: Essays in Contemporary Literature
15 Dublin’s Joyce
16 Wyndham Lewis
17 The Poetry of Ezra Pound
18 Paradox in Chesterton
20 Buckminster Fuller, Santa Barbara, California, December 1967
21 BUCKY
22 A Guided Tour of Buckminster Fuller
23 Hugh Kenner
24 William Morrow & Company, Inc.
25 New York 1973
26 First Morrow Paperback Editions printing 1974.
27 Unless otherwise noted, all drawings are by Hugh Kenner.
28 Copyright © 1973 by Hugh Kenner
29 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher. Inquiries should be addressed to William Morrow and Company, Inc., 105 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016.
30 Printed in the United States of America.
31 Kenner, Hugh. Bucky.
32 Bibliography: p.
33 I. Title.
34 1. Fuller, Richard Buckminster, 1895-
35 TA140.F9K46 620 [B] 79-182966
36 ISBN 0-688-05141-3 (pbk.)
37 3 4
38 75 74
39For John and Michael
40 CONTENTS
41one | What Am I Doing Here? | 1
42two | The Star-Spinner | 13
43three | The Outlaw Area | 52
44four | Modeling the Universe | 86
45five | Bubbles and Destiny | 129
46 six | Dymaxion Messiah | 163
47seven | Stillbirth of an Industry | 200
48eight | Domes | 229
49nine | Dialogue with a Skeptic | 263
50ten | Incoming | 290
51 Appendix I: Glossary | 317
52 Appendix II: Model Making [ 321
53 Acknowledgments | 325
54 Reading List | 327
55 Index | 333
56 BUCKY
57 A Guided Tour of Buckminster Fuller
