Any "Catch 22" fans here(novel...not movie)?

ringbearer · 10-30-2005, 01:17 AM

I have read it several times...gets better each time!

The last sane person · 10-30-2005, 02:50 AM

I've read it about 5 times....Havent seen the movie, only just heard about it!

***Khamûl*** · 11-02-2005, 12:06 PM

I've tried to read it two or three times and none of them took. I guess it's too random for me.

The Gaffer · 11-02-2005, 01:49 PM

One of my top 5 favourite novels. The film was pretty good too.

I liked the bit where the old bloke in the brothel is explaining to Nately about how Italy will outlast America because they are weaker.

brownjenkins · 11-02-2005, 02:05 PM

i've read it a few times too... great book

i'd suggest vonnegut's slaughterhouse-five and cat's cradle if you like the style

inked · 11-02-2005, 05:35 PM

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.WE are in COMPLETE agreement! Have you a lottery ticket for a significant amount of money? Given the rarity of this event in physical, mental, literary, and (conceivabley) the astral plane, PERHAPS, both of us should purchase them?
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Except I really don't like donating to taxes that way unless the pot is at least 20,000,000. Then, I might buy 5 tickets at 1.00 each - max.
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Better get the cash payout rider on these!!!!!!!!!11111

brownjenkins · 11-02-2005, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by inked

Did you like Ice 9, too?

one of my all time favorites

inked · 11-02-2005, 06:44 PM

Better go for double or nothin' on all available lotteries, then.

ringbearer · 11-02-2005, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Khamûl

I've tried to read it two or three times and none of them took. I guess it's too random for me.

It's supposed to be random...(my theory)...it's a series of flashbacks the main character is having while he is in the hospital after being stabbed...hence the surreal, dreamlike quality of some of the scenes.
One of my favorite lines from the book...a character is being described...cannot remember which character...but it said "He knew everything about literature except how to enjoy it." (sounds like some of my old teachers!

10-30-2005, 01:17 AM	#1
ringbearer Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: St. Louis, Mo. USA Posts: 561	Any "Catch 22" fans here(novel...not movie)? I have read it several times...gets better each time! __________________ Ringbearer Hide Witch, hide! The Good Folks come to burn thee! Their keen enjoyment hid behind A Gothic mask of duty!

10-30-2005, 02:50 AM	#2
The last sane person The Black Númenórean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	I've read it about 5 times....Havent seen the movie, only just heard about it! __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

11-02-2005, 12:06 PM	#3
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	I've tried to read it two or three times and none of them took. I guess it's too random for me. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

11-02-2005, 02:05 PM	#5
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	i've read it a few times too... great book i'd suggest vonnegut's slaughterhouse-five and cat's cradle if you like the style __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

11-02-2005, 05:35 PM	#6
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	BJ, sit down, please. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WE are in COMPLETE agreement! Have you a lottery ticket for a significant amount of money? Given the rarity of this event in physical, mental, literary, and (conceivabley) the astral plane, PERHAPS, both of us should purchase them? . . . . Except I really don't like donating to taxes that way unless the pot is at least 20,000,000. Then, I might buy 5 tickets at 1.00 each - max. . . .Did you like Ice 9, too? . . . . Better get the cash payout rider on these!!!!!!!!!11111 __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

11-02-2005, 01:49 PM	#4
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	One of my top 5 favourite novels. The film was pretty good too. I liked the bit where the old bloke in the brothel is explaining to Nately about how Italy will outlast America because they are weaker.

11-02-2005, 06:44 PM	#8
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	Better go for double or nothin' on all available lotteries, then. __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

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