To: nuconvert
Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road" was the highest-ranking book, in 19th place.
As Truman Capote said of Kerouac – “That’s not writing. That’s typing.”
“On the Road” is one of those books that people like to say they read, but few really do.
As a person who has actually read it, I can tell you that nobody could possibly read it and think it was a great book. Back and forth, across the country, waiting for something to happen. Relentless tedium, highlighted only by sections that are somewhat less tedious than the others.
33 posted on
08/05/2005 9:08:36 AM PDT by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: dead
I read it too, and even THE DHARMA BUMS for good measure. But that was it for me and Jack Kerouac!
37 posted on
08/05/2005 9:11:00 AM PDT by
Rummyfan
To: dead
nobody could possibly read it and think it was a great book. The target is not "great", it's "influential". That book turned more people off reading than any other.
38 posted on
08/05/2005 9:12:13 AM PDT by
Izzy Dunne
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To: dead
And about the only thing I really remember from ON THE ROAD is one of the characters remarking 'there must be a lot of Italians in Sausalito'!
39 posted on
08/05/2005 9:12:19 AM PDT by
Rummyfan
To: dead
45 posted on
08/05/2005 9:16:45 AM PDT by
T'wit
(If any liberals get to Heaven, they'll lecture God on what's wrong with it and reform it all to Hell)
To: dead
Relentless tedium, highlighted only by sections that are somewhat less tedious than the others. Thank you for so succinctly capturing the essence of "On The Road"...
114 posted on
08/05/2005 10:59:15 AM PDT by
okie01
(The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
To: dead
As Truman Capote said of Kerouac – “That’s not writing. That’s typing.”MEEEOOOOWWW!
221 posted on
08/27/2005 8:33:02 AM PDT by
SuziQ
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