What are you reading?

[PhishPhan]

First time since I was in Junior High.

[rowjimmy]

Just got "Into the Wild" for my B-day.Gonna start it tonight.Then watch the movie once I'm done.Already know most of the story.Hoping to get similar feeling from it as I did from "On the Road" and "Dharma Bums".

Yeah, well... It's more of a cautionary tale than the idealistic inspiration of Kerouac.

[Mr Minor]

Just got "Into the Wild" for my B-day.Gonna start it tonight.Then watch the movie once I'm done.Already know most of the story.Hoping to get similar feeling from it as I did from "On the Road" and "Dharma Bums".

Yeah, well... It's more of a cautionary tale than the idealistic inspiration of Kerouac.

qft

[thechad]

Just got "Into the Wild" for my B-day.Gonna start it tonight.Then watch the movie once I'm done.Already know most of the story.Hoping to get similar feeling from it as I did from "On the Road" and "Dharma Bums".

Yeah, well... It's more of a cautionary tale than the idealistic inspiration of Kerouac.

qft

If that's what you're looking for out of this book, you're going to be terrible disappointed, it's a good book, but for totally different reasons.

[A-Train]

Just got "Into the Wild" for my B-day.Gonna start it tonight.Then watch the movie once I'm done.Already know most of the story.Hoping to get similar feeling from it as I did from "On the Road" and "Dharma Bums".

Yeah, well... It's more of a cautionary tale than the idealistic inspiration of Kerouac.

qft

If that's what you're looking for out of this book, you're going to be terrible disappointed, it's a good book, but for totally different reasons.

I guess, what I really wanted was a sense of Adventure into the unknown. Not trying to get anything deep out of it or compare the author to Kerouac, even though I guess that's how I came across,

[rowjimmy]

Just got "Into the Wild" for my B-day.Gonna start it tonight.Then watch the movie once I'm done.Already know most of the story.Hoping to get similar feeling from it as I did from "On the Road" and "Dharma Bums".

Yeah, well... It's more of a cautionary tale than the idealistic inspiration of Kerouac.

qft

If that's what you're looking for out of this book, you're going to be terrible disappointed, it's a good book, but for totally different reasons.

I guess, what I really wanted was a sense of Adventure into the unknown. Not trying to get anything deep out of it or compare the author to Kerouac, even though I guess that's how I came across,

I think you'll get closer to that vibe from the Krakauer's book "Into Thin Air"

[Mr Minor]

Just got "Into the Wild" for my B-day.Gonna start it tonight.Then watch the movie once I'm done.Already know most of the story.Hoping to get similar feeling from it as I did from "On the Road" and "Dharma Bums".

Yeah, well... It's more of a cautionary tale than the idealistic inspiration of Kerouac.

qft

If that's what you're looking for out of this book, you're going to be terrible disappointed, it's a good book, but for totally different reasons.

I guess, what I really wanted was a sense of Adventure into the unknown. Not trying to get anything deep out of it or compare the author to Kerouac, even though I guess that's how I came across,

I think you'll get closer to that vibe from the Krakauer's book "Into Thin Air"

Or even "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson.  It's about a dude who walks the Appalachian Trail.

[birdman]

Just got "Into the Wild" for my B-day.Gonna start it tonight.Then watch the movie once I'm done.Already know most of the story.Hoping to get similar feeling from it as I did from "On the Road" and "Dharma Bums".

Yeah, well... It's more of a cautionary tale than the idealistic inspiration of Kerouac.

qft

If that's what you're looking for out of this book, you're going to be terrible disappointed, it's a good book, but for totally different reasons.

I guess, what I really wanted was a sense of Adventure into the unknown. Not trying to get anything deep out of it or compare the author to Kerouac, even though I guess that's how I came across,

I think you'll get closer to that vibe from the Krakauer's book "Into Thin Air"

Or even "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson.  It's about a dude who walks the Appalachian Trail.

Another would be "A Walk Across America" by Peter Jenkins.
This dude and his dog walk from upstate NY to New Orleans. Great characters and stories abound in this read. Doesn't have the climax of "Thin Air" or Into the Wild" but has plenty of that "adventure" you're looking for (living with a hermit in appalachia, rooming with a poor black family in rural Mississippi, and an amusing stay at a hippie commune in Tenn.)

[rowjimmy]

Just got "Into the Wild" for my B-day.Gonna start it tonight.Then watch the movie once I'm done.Already know most of the story.Hoping to get similar feeling from it as I did from "On the Road" and "Dharma Bums".

Yeah, well... It's more of a cautionary tale than the idealistic inspiration of Kerouac.

qft

If that's what you're looking for out of this book, you're going to be terrible disappointed, it's a good book, but for totally different reasons.

I guess, what I really wanted was a sense of Adventure into the unknown. Not trying to get anything deep out of it or compare the author to Kerouac, even though I guess that's how I came across,

I think you'll get closer to that vibe from the Krakauer's book "Into Thin Air"

Or even "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson.  It's about a dude who walks the Appalachian Trail.

Another would be "A Walk Across America" by Peter Jenkins.
This dude and his dog walk from upstate NY to New Orleans. Great characters and stories abound in this read. Doesn't have the climax of "Thin Air" or Into the Wild" but has plenty of that "adventure" you're looking for (living with a hermit in appalachia, rooming with a poor black family in rural Mississippi, and an amusing stay at a hippie commune in Tenn.)

Reminds me of "Travels With Charley: In Search of America" by Steinbeck.
An awesome travelogue, if you haven't read it.

[Mr Minor]

Just got "Into the Wild" for my B-day.Gonna start it tonight.Then watch the movie once I'm done.Already know most of the story.Hoping to get similar feeling from it as I did from "On the Road" and "Dharma Bums".

Yeah, well... It's more of a cautionary tale than the idealistic inspiration of Kerouac.

qft

If that's what you're looking for out of this book, you're going to be terrible disappointed, it's a good book, but for totally different reasons.

I guess, what I really wanted was a sense of Adventure into the unknown. Not trying to get anything deep out of it or compare the author to Kerouac, even though I guess that's how I came across,

I think you'll get closer to that vibe from the Krakauer's book "Into Thin Air"

Or even "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson.  It's about a dude who walks the Appalachian Trail.

Another would be "A Walk Across America" by Peter Jenkins.
This dude and his dog walk from upstate NY to New Orleans. Great characters and stories abound in this read. Doesn't have the climax of "Thin Air" or Into the Wild" but has plenty of that "adventure" you're looking for (living with a hermit in appalachia, rooming with a poor black family in rural Mississippi, and an amusing stay at a hippie commune in Tenn.)

Reminds me of "Travels With Charley: In Search of America" by Steinbeck.
An awesome travelogue, if you haven't read it.

That is a great read.  I was going to mention that next. 

[Mr Minor]

New Palahniuk book coming out in this summer!
:banana:
Pygmy

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?r=1&ean=9780385526340

[mattstick]

I cannot seem to finish James Joyce's "Portrait of The Artist as a Young Man"

Good reading if you wanted about 60 pages of gorgeous prose on what Hell is like.

[rowjimmy]

I cannot seem to finish James Joyce's "Portrait of The Artist as a Young Man"

Good reading if you wanted about 60 pages of gorgeous prose on what Hell is like.

60 Pages, huh? I can accurately describe hell in three words:

Hannah Montana Marathon

[birdman]

I cannot seem to finish James Joyce's "Portrait of The Artist as a Young Man"

Good reading if you wanted about 60 pages of gorgeous prose on what Hell is like.

60 Pages, huh? I can accurately describe hell in three words:

Hannah Montana Marathon

Then I spent most of sat. morning in hell, if your description of Hell is accurate.
Felt/heard like Hell to me.

[mattstick]

I cannot seem to finish James Joyce's "Portrait of The Artist as a Young Man"

Good reading if you wanted about 60 pages of gorgeous prose on what Hell is like.

60 Pages, huh? I can accurately describe hell in three words:

Hannah Montana Marathon

You sir, are no James Joyce.   8-)