“Although I did hang out with Jack Kerouac back in the day, I was not there for this exciting journey. Some folks are making up rumours on the internet that I am trying to be the next Jack Kerouac. This is not the case. Yes, I did write a bUk called 'Ye Ole Fiendly Towne and Other Whittier Zombie Haikus', but I did not do it to copy him or anyone else...BAY-beh! http://bit.ly/zombieamazon”
“A new discussion topic for the new On the Road movie, due for release this year, has been created at 'No Turn Left Unstoned', a 60's counter-culture group here at Shelfari. Please feel free to come join in and check out the ever expanding shelves. http://www.shelfari.com/groups/81144/about”
“This book has been added to the Shelfari shelf for 60's counter culture group "No Turn Left Unstoned". if you would like to join, please feel free. http://www.shelfari.com/groups/81144/about”
“I'm reading it right now and they keep talking about meeting 'Hassel' or seeing him in New York / Times Square. Who is that person?”
“Through his flowing style of writing Jack Kerouac makes this a unique novel and a great read. I loved it and would recommend it to anyone who is ready to experience a totally different way of story telling - something immediate, from the heart and pouring our like blood from a wound.”
“A great read for those with itchy feet. I first read it at the tender age of 18 and I have been reading it once a year for the 31 years. In that time I have lived in Ireland, UK, Lesotho, South Africa, Afghanistan and Nigeria. It always travels with me. I hope the movie makers will do it justice.”
“I have recently started a group that plans to discuss this novel as well other prominent works of fiction:Best English-Language Fiction of the Twentieth CenturyA new group centered on a composite list of the best English-language fiction of the twentieth century. Please give it a look, join up and invite your friends!http://www.shelfari.com/groups/46898/about”
“People are always trying to categorize this novel into well written or not. I thought the book was so incredibly original. The words and expressions he uses. He really captures the essence of the characters and the times he knew so well. I really can't see a debate here because its an art form that is not up for comparison to anything else. ”
“I'm not quite sure whether I can recommend this book or not. I really appreciated the story Kerouac wanted to tell but I didn't like his style of writing at all. Due to the fact that I read this book in german it would be possible that I just had a bad translating but I think the point is that his way of writing in regard to the narrative abilities did not satisfy me. It seems to me as if Kerouac was not able to decide how to tell the different “scenes“ of the travel so that he often begins with introducing a story as if something like this happens every day and than pushing it up to the best thing that ever happened in the next sentence and the other way round.So all in all I'm not sure how to handle this book, but due to the fact that the style of writing made it impossible to me to enjoy the story and the way of telling at the same time I unfortunately tend to not recommending this book.”
“Best paragraph in UK article:When I was a teenager, though, On the Road was the bible for any aspiring bohemian, a book that was passed on from one generation to the next almost as a talismanic text. I was given a battered copy by an older friend and, even before I read it, knew that it carried within its pages some deep, abiding truth about youth, freedom and self-determination. On the Road instilled in me a belief that, in order to find oneself, one had to throw caution to the wind and travel long distances with no real goal and very little money.”
