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09-24-2008, 10:43 AM
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Anyone else here a fan? I just reread it, and I've got to say its one of the best pieces of literature I've ever seen... despite the fact that it makes no sense (in the coherent, "usual" sense), there's nothing in the way of an ending, isn't meant to be read in any specific order, and William S. Burroughs didn't remember writing it.
But almost every sentence in the whole freaking thing is pure genius. The man could write, as they say. |
09-24-2008, 10:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London UK | | | "I can think of at least two things wrong with that title."
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09-24-2008, 11:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Orlando | | | Not at all. In fact I think it's a oozing festering zit on the face of American Literature.
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09-24-2008, 11:12 AM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | | Yeah. I read it. It was a long time ago. There are some great lines in that book, but I found that it's kind of only good for that. Snippets of genius thought written down. I'll have to revisit it. I'm a fan of William Burroughs though. He's got some great stuff. |
09-24-2008, 11:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia | | | Love the book, love the movie. After the movie, i put on Ornette Coleman's Free Jazz and started reading the book. it made it better.
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09-24-2008, 01:12 PM
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09-24-2008, 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark Latimour  "I can think of at least two things wrong with that title." | Got the Simpson's quote on the first reply.
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09-24-2008, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Visirale Not at all. In fact I think it's a oozing festering zit on the face of American Literature. |
I'd agree with that, but in a positive way. 
Why weren't you a fan? |
09-24-2008, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Bob Lee (QSC) It's where Donald Fagen and Walter Becker and friends got the name for a band. | "Steely Dan". From the "Steely Dan III", which is a...well, you can look it up.
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09-24-2008, 07:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Wilmington, NC | | | Read it in high school. Barely understood any of it, but loved it.
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09-24-2008, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Thunderscreech "Steely Dan". From the "Steely Dan III", which is a...well, you can look it up. | Rhymes with "mill-dough." |
09-24-2008, 07:15 PM
|  | Ojo. | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Beaumont/Calimesa, CA | | | i read it and was fascinated by it in many ways.
it really is like free jazz on paper, isn't it?
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09-24-2008, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by The BurgerMeister it really is like free jazz on paper, isn't it? | Yeah, that's a good way to describe it. I really developed a thing for Beat literature after reading that and Howl.
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09-24-2008, 08:32 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Maine/Vermont | | | Meh, Kerouac was a hack, and a pompous prick. Hell of a writer, though. On The Road is fantastic, I just don't really dig the whole Beat elitism thing.
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09-25-2008, 07:16 PM
|  | User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: East Coast | | | Some interesting writing.
Ever heard Material's "Seven Souls?"
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09-25-2008, 07:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: tulsa oklahoma | | i can think of a few people id like to get naked with over lunch, but i have not read this book.
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