The Seeker Posted July 10, 2008 Report Posted July 10, 2008 ROFLMFAO!!! were defo on 1 wavelength h4ggy
Red Fish Posted July 10, 2008 Report Posted July 10, 2008 no were not youre really crappy at this arent you im gonna say your post is terrible again cuz that made me laugh
The Seeker Posted July 10, 2008 Report Posted July 10, 2008 so wats ur take on the catcher in the rye
Red Fish Posted July 10, 2008 Report Posted July 10, 2008 its an enthralling romp through a worldview that is not only surprisingly deep but also well-rounded and provocative i found myself poring through each page with bated breath confounded by questions though i must say the fauxlosophic narration left me quite disquieted.
edna Posted July 10, 2008 Report Posted July 10, 2008 Sorry to interrupt this conversation, but I´m curious... Poor J.D., got killed because he wrote a book. Although a recluse, he was a really great writer, knew what he was talking about. Who are you talking about? Salinger? Got killed? He´s still alive... I must be missing somehting...
MuzikTyme Posted July 10, 2008 Report Posted July 10, 2008 its an enthralling romp through a worldview that is not only surprisingly deep but also well-rounded and provocative i found myself poring through each page with bated breath confounded by questions though i must say the fauxlosophic narration left me quite disquieted. I'm not sure how to rate it . . . it never made it to the audiences' scale!
TheLizard Posted July 10, 2008 Report Posted July 10, 2008 Catcher in the Rye is horrifically overrated.
Shawna Posted July 11, 2008 Report Posted July 11, 2008 Sorry to interrupt this conversation, but I´m curious... Who are you talking about? Salinger? Got killed? He´s still alive... I must be missing somehting... I wondered about that, too, Edna. But then I figured since poetrychick seems like a very deep individual, perhaps she's using it as a metaphor for "he took a beating in the press" or some such. I read Catcher in the Rye a few years back. Because I was - and still am - determined to read as many classics as I can get my hands on (more than occasionally interrupted by trashy stuff that are often easier reads ). At any rate, I found it to be quite a slog. Too dry and dense for my feeble mind.
TheLizard Posted July 11, 2008 Report Posted July 11, 2008 It's a whole lot of nothing designed to capture the egos of pretentious, angsty teenagers. And as a pretentious, angsty teenager with a huge ego, I resent the fact that Mr. Salinger thinks we're all that stupid.
invisible_r Posted July 11, 2008 Report Posted July 11, 2008 (edited) I quite enjoyed it, it was well written. not one of my favourites but I think it's definitely worth reading. anyway not everything has to be to everyone's taste, right? I kept hearing how great "on the road" was, and how it defined a generation, and frankly I got bored I stopped reading halfway through Edited July 11, 2008 by Guest
edna Posted July 11, 2008 Report Posted July 11, 2008 I read Catcher in the Rye when I was 14, I did like it, I HAD to like it by then... just like Poe, Nietzche, Lovecraft, Baudelaire and so many classics that were so trendy in the late sixties/early seventies. I re-read most of them later on and some are still amazing books (1984, Steppenwolf, Mme Bovary) But I don´t think I´d read Salinger again. Or Philip Roth. Of course I read "On The Road" but I didn t like it. Just like Burrough´s books. Or Tom Wolfe (though I worship his novels ) I finished my Tenessee Williams novels yesterday and I´m reading three books of Andreï Makine, a French -Russian writter.
TheLizard Posted July 11, 2008 Report Posted July 11, 2008 Now there I have to disagree. "On The Road" is one of my favorites.
miamisammy29 Posted July 11, 2008 Report Posted July 11, 2008 I liked "On The Road", too. It could've used a little more action, some blood-sucking aliens, and maybe a few explosions, but overall it was pretty good. 7 out of 10.
Foolonthehill Posted July 11, 2008 Report Posted July 11, 2008 I just read On The Road not too long ago. 11/10 at least.
invisible_r Posted July 11, 2008 Report Posted July 11, 2008 Of course I read "On The Road" but I didn t like it. Just like Burrough´s books. Or Tom Wolfe (though I worship his novels ) Thank you, I'm glad someone agrees with me! I sort of like Burroughs though, liked queer and junkie but hated naked lunch. I didn't manage to finish it.
poetrychick Posted July 12, 2008 Report Posted July 12, 2008 Oops! I totally messed that up. J.D. Salinger is still a recluse, but some guy who read the book was inspired by it and killed some famous guy, I forget who. Sorry!
poetrychick Posted July 12, 2008 Report Posted July 12, 2008 Oh and how could I have possibly forgotten Poe, maybe because he is just a given, he is the best of all time!!!1
TheLizard Posted July 12, 2008 Report Posted July 12, 2008 Oops! I totally messed that up. J.D. Salinger is still a recluse, but some guy who read the book was inspired by it and killed some famous guy, I forget who. Sorry! John Lennon. Chapman killed John Lennon. Some famous guy...
Uncle Joe Posted July 12, 2008 Report Posted July 12, 2008 Tim, I think she was being facetious. No? Thank you, I'm glad someone agrees with me! I sort of like Burroughs though, liked queer and junkie but hated naked lunch. I didn't manage to finish it. Rach, couldn't finish your naked lunch? Tsk, tsk. Don't come looking for your pudding.
TheLizard Posted July 12, 2008 Report Posted July 12, 2008 Ah, well if she was, I apologize for my lack of humor. If she wasn't, I maintain my
edna Posted July 12, 2008 Report Posted July 12, 2008 poetchick, this is considered as a very big lack of knowledge here, you know? Actually, it is...
invisible_r Posted July 12, 2008 Report Posted July 12, 2008 Tim, I think she was being facetious. No? Rach, couldn't finish your naked lunch? Tsk, tsk. Don't come looking for your pudding. hahaha right. If only naked lunch was actually funny
poetrychick Posted July 12, 2008 Report Posted July 12, 2008 Crap, don't I know it. This is called SongFACTS right. Yeah so totally screwed up. I am SORRY! And I am not being facetious, I resent that comment.
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