Originally Posted by dirtyphotons
that's fair, i didn't mean for it to come off all superior-sounding. there's plenty of popular **** i havent heard of. i just meant that some people judge others based on that sort of thing. in general these people's respect doesn't mean much, but it's often just easier not to give them ammo.
regardless, vonnegut's works are great. breakfast of champions might be my favorite.
i LOVE catch 22. most of the people i reccomend it to start it and never finish. makes no sense to me, i was hooked by the end of the first chapter. the only book that made me laugh audibly while i was reading it.
Not looking for anyone's respect, I'm stoked on that... most people say I'm on some other level **** anyway. I say a lot of things I don't realize are ridiculous/snide/stupid/ignorant and I guess I don't really care either way...if people take two seconds to get to know me, we're doin fine. This upcoming pretzel ride, I'll ask everyone who Vonnegut is just for you.
Oddly enough, recently I started borrowing books from a friend who has read absolutely everything, and he was about to give me Catch 22...we're both curious what I'd be like if I was hip with famous literature.