catch-22

[Favelado]

I liked it so much I had a t-shirt made that said "Yossarian Lives!"

 

[Favelado]

im confident i'll enjoy it. the only other "classic" novel i can think of that ive read is 'crime & punishment', and i enjoyed that. oh and '1984' was ace as well.

other than that its just been a lot of irvine welsh, terry pratchett etc. need to expand my mind.

if anyone has any suggestions, feel free.

If you do like it, Slaughterhouse 5 is basically its sister book.

 

[Sirena]

One book which I found very disappointing when I re-read it was 'The Catcher In The Rye'. I remember enjoying it in the 60s but that might have been because it fitted the mood of the time. Now I find it all a bit moany with all its pointless angst.

 

[weltweit]

I liked it so much I had a t-shirt made that said "Yossarian Lives!"

I might get one saying "Orr Lives!" but I expect fewer people would "get" mine

 

[Favelado]

I might get one saying "Orr Lives!" but I expect fewer people would "get" mine

I think the most pretntious one you could get would be, "Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?"

 

[weltweit]

.. what about “What’s good for M&M Enterprises is good for the country”

 

[weltweit]

I might have laughed loudest, possibly, when Orr ditched in the sea and his crew found their lifejackets did not inflate because Milo Minderbender had removed the carbon dioxide canisters to sell them and replaced then with a note that said something like "what is good for M&M Enterprises is good for everyone!"

 

[tar1984]

If you do like it, Slaughterhouse 5 is basically its sister book.

I can't really remember if I liked it. I seem to remember getting a bit annoyed that POV changes to a different person each chapter... although this was 5 years ago and I could be mixing it up? Not even sure if I finished it, 2008 was a crazy time

 

[Fez909]

Slaughterhouse 5 is much shorter and much less confusing read.

 

[Balbi]

I think the most pretntious one you could get would be, "Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?"

That one's especially tart right now

 

[rover07]

I liked his one about King David on his deathbed.



God and me.

 

[weltweit]

I can't really remember if I liked it. I seem to remember getting a bit annoyed that POV changes to a different person each chapter... although this was 5 years ago and I could be mixing it up? Not even sure if I finished it, 2008 was a crazy time

That sounds like Catch-22, each short chapter is about a different character and in their point of view. I really like the way Heller did that, while Yossarian is in every chapter, each is told from a unique point of view which allows great detail in the fleshing out of the key characters.

 

[N_igma]

Great piece of satire plus it's funny as fuck what's not to like?

 

[Favelado]

Some men are born mediocre.....

 

[xenon]

Great book. I remember whilst reading it, seeing how it must have been quite an influence for Douglas Adams' HG2G.

 

[weltweit]

I am feeling quite possessive about my copy, I don't want to return it to the library, I want to keep it!

 

[Sprocket.]

I remember an interview when the reporter asked Heller.
'' Why haven't you written anything better than Catch 22?''
Heller replied,
''Why hasn't anyone else?''

 

[weltweit]

I think Heller rushed the end of the book a bit, like he was unsure of how to end it. Yossarian running away does not somehow strike the right chord to me, he is scared of death but not a coward, he knows if he does not do more missions others will have to do them and perhaps die in his place, this conundrum causes him issues when he is trying to make the deal with his colonels, but then he runs away, which means others will have to do his missions. It does not quite ring true to me.

 

[Sprocket.]

Catch 22 reinforces my belief that we are capable of accepting our own madness to exist in an insane world.

 

[weltweit]

Catch 22 reinforces my belief that we are capable of accepting our own madness to exist in an insane world.

Speak for yourself I have revelled in my madness a few times and very destructive it was, now I want sanity, stability, security and safety. Madness and an insane world are overrated imho.

 

[Favelado]

I think Heller rushed the end of the book a bit, like he was unsure of how to end it. Yossarian running away does not somehow strike the right chord to me, he is scared of death but not a coward, he knows if he does not do more missions others will have to do them and perhaps die in his place, this conundrum causes him issues when he is trying to make the deal with his colonels, but then he runs away, which means others will have to do his missions. It does not quite ring true to me.

SPOLIER ALERT

I think Nateley's whore jumps just one time too many and it does seem a bit rushed in some respects but I like Yossarian running away. It reminds me of *SPOLIER ALERT 2* the end of "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest."


RUN CHIEF! RUN! - That's another great T-Shirt in the making.

 

[weltweit]

Yes Nately's whore is an amazingly resourceful if over violent person!!!
How she gets to the base after having been dropped so far away, remains a mystery.

And yes, I too am a fan of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. A great film I thought.

 

[Favelado]

Catch 22 reinforces my belief that we are capable of accepting our own madness to exist in an insane world.

The book taught me that every single time I had been cheeky,rebellious and questioning of authority at school I had been completely right.