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01 August 2018

Pleased with myself In a cute cats related post that hit the Reddit front page, I managed to get in a highly-visible comment introducing people to the novel ‘Catch-22′

post by: Firas at: 12:13 | 6 comments

Awesome!

posted by Senyar 01 August | 14:31

I think it's unfortunate that, when referencing dystopian or absurdist scenarios, people often mention 1984 and Brave New World--at most Kafka--but Catch-22 is left out of the discussion. It deserves more cultural recognition.

Its recognition might rise now that George Clooney is gonna produce a miniseries.

posted by Firas 02 August | 01:56

Yeah, life does beat the "cheerful youth" out of one as age advances....

posted by mightshould 02 August | 10:13

Well done.

posted by arse_hat 03 August | 21:25

I kinda left the thread alone after my comment but in retrospect I wish I'd mentioned that if someone can't check out the (admittedly huge) book they should check out the movie, such as this clip on why Italy won World War 2.

posted by Firas 05 August | 11:31

Ok, so I just looked it up and the paperback is 453 pages. Weird. I don't remember it being a long book. I guess I really got involved with the story.

posted by arse_hat 05 August | 20:40

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