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I would definitely ignore anybody who says 'welcome to the real world' as these are invariably the kind of people who long ago gave up on their ambition.. f--- those people!

As for doing...

Not 'great' literature in the classic sense but I think it will survive the test of time and still be popular years from now.. I don't think it has a short shelf life anyway.. Who wants a wager?

this has been discussed fairly recently on here.. I didn't join in because I have only read the book once and while I really enjoyed it, there are others on here who know the book much better than I...

probably for the best eh!

I really liked American Psycho.. is a good bit of contemporary lit.. I've not watched the film though, dunno how the ambiguity works, but in the book you are left questioning how much is real and how...

narratological is a word... it just might not be in your dictionary!

narratology is the study of narratives, narratological is the adjective

John McLeod's book Beginning Postcolonialism is a good place to start

i suggest the bit where pip and mr jaggers change into a werewolves and go on a rampage around newgate

i cant remember the exact quote but it was something like 'youve changed into a werewolf...

surely the point of an original idea is that you come up with it yourself?!

if someone else gives you the idea, it is no longer original is it?

good luck

I've read it and I certainly understand what you mean about the length - it's not the easiest book to get through, but that is clearly because it doesn't really have a plot in the traditional sense
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i think i prefered factotum more than post office, but is a while since i read it so can't remember why.. but ham and rye is def his best

you should also try his collection of short stories, the...

you are free to discuss what you like, but to suggest that barbarism was ubiquitous prior to colonialism is wrong, and stinks of the kind of colonialist attitude that assumed all natives were...

3. this statement is pretty contentious - 'modern' colonial expansion was driven by racist ideology (ie. the superiority of the colonisers) and the desire to exploit native land .. I fail to see how...

there is plenty of colonial literature that extolls the virtues of imperialism (one thinks of Kipling, Rider Haggard, etc) .. and in that sense they are 'positive', but only because they are written...

I can't think of any books set specifically in Key West, but if you are in a Caribbean / palm trees mood then Hunter S Thompson's Rum Diary is a fun read (set in Puerto Rico)

actually I think...

"Ask me why I don't wear any underwear"

"Why don't you wear any underwear?"

"Because the pants haven't been invented that will take on the job!"

no serious literary scholar should be without a copy of the profanisaurus rex..

literature is subjective isn't it. some people like certain things. other people don't. obviously you really dislike kerouac - that's fine with me.. but just because you don't like him, doesn't mean...

well that's good, i admire your perseverance!

but re. on the road and its lack of a story.. define 'story'... perhaps you have a very clear (and maybe formulaic) idea of what a story should be.. ...

I've only read Big Sur once, was a while ago now - but I seem to remember enjoying it..

But re. On The Road.. (well done for reading it four times even though you hate him so much!).. not all...

there be a clue in the sobriquet..

both books are great, but Sometimes A Great Notion is definitely Kesey's best work

it all depends what kind of woman you want to seduce innit!

good link Neely thanks.. have heard of some proper horror stories about some state schools over here - a family friend quit her job as a teacher because of the abuse from the children (or at least a...

I am going to wade in without reading all the responses, sorry...

I agree that competition is a good thing (irrespective of gender) - although, like Neely, the idea that terrorists are 'licking...

and i cant get bob seger's 'shakedown' out of my head after watching beverly hills cop 2 t'other day