Jack Kerouac

[Don Ferdinand]

i noticed no mention of Kerouac on this site

what do you guys think?

ive read "On the Road" and "Subterraneans".

i think Subterraneans wasnt to crash hot. An insite into the mind of an alcoholic pill popper

never the less

poetic

[Don Ferdinand]

ive read "On the Road"

thought it great, one wild adventure infused with Jazz and drugs.(like jazz hate drugs though!)

i just finished reading subterraneans

very poetic account of a love affair

at the same time, confusing, and frustrating to read

all in all. in insite into the mind of Kerouac. An alcoholic (self confessed) and benzedine popper

any thoughts?

dont think ill read any more of Kerouac...back to Dickens! (at least i put the book down and feel like i have accomplished something!)

[Don Ferdinand]

i mean no collected works available to download from this site...

[Logos]

Kerouac's (1922-1969) works are copyrighted (pub. post 1923). I never really got `into' him but liked Dharma Bums the best.

[Don Ferdinand]

cool

thatll explain it

im about to start reading "God's smuggler" by brother andrew

[PeterL]

ive read "On the Road"

thought it great, one wild adventure infused with Jazz and drugs.(like jazz hate drugs though!)

i just finished reading subterraneans

very poetic account of a love affair

at the same time, confusing, and frustrating to read

all in all. in insite into the mind of Kerouac. An alcoholic (self confessed) and benzedine popper

any thoughts?

dont think ill read any more of Kerouac...back to Dickens! (at least i put the book down and feel like i have accomplished something!)

I think that The Dharma Bums was better than either of the two that you mentioned.

[holograph]

i read on the road this summer. great piece. ahh, the pulses of youth.

[Don Ferdinand]

might have to read Dharma some time

whats the gist of it?

isnt it like Kerouac spritual experience? sort of his experince with Buddhism?

also ...

i started to read Satori in Paris, but man, that was a tough read. didnt finish it

[PeterL]

might have to read Dharma some time

whats the gist of it?

isnt it like Kerouac spritual experience? sort of his experince with Buddhism?

Yes, it is about Buddhism. It is quite good and easy to read.

[Don Ferdinand]

any of you guys read Naked Lunch?

ive got it at home but havent read it

now, i hear thats a hard read!(suppose to be a classic though)

[papayahed]

any of you guys read Naked Lunch?

ive got it at home but havent read it

now, i hear thats a hard read!(suppose to be a classic though)

I've tried to read it several times and can't seem to get through it.

[Shalot]

I read the first part of Naked Lunch and thought that it was kind of boring and a bit obscene.

Can the Beat writers write at all? There's On the Road and Howl, but then after that, what is there?

[Don Ferdinand]

yeah i guess there is alot of talent, and their style is unique, but i dunno. they reckon Kerouac wrote like the way Charlie Parker played jazz. (kinda in form, but sporadic)

dont forget most of them where poppin benny pills too

cant be too good for you!

any one read his first novel "The town and the city" ?

supposed to be pretty tame...havent read it myself though

[eventide]

I never read any book from the Beat Generation and wonder if On The Road is the best option to start myself on it. A friend of mine said Howl (Ginsberg) is great and some of you mentioned Naked Lunch, which is another book that I see mentioned all the time. Which book do you guys think is a good start? Or it really doesn't matter??

[Evi]

Evendite,

My opinion is that if you like start with beat generation, then Jack Kerouak is your best choise ( at least it was for me when i was 18 ) I firtsly read it at that age and i was in love with it! I secondly read it two years ago ( when i was 36 or something) and i didnt like it so much, the first magic has been lost, i sont know why. Maybe when we are younger we are getting enthousiastic more easily. I have read all Jack kerouaks books during the years. And for me, the best ones were On the road and Darhma. In my opinion both of them is a must read.

Evi