Comments on: On the Road by Jack Kerouac

By: Heather J.

Heather J. — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:15:24 +0000

Thanks for sharing your link with me – I can’t say it makes me like the book any more than I already did, but I did enjoy reading your take on it.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:09:17 +0000

I’ve never heard of anyone hating On the Road. Hating the Beats, certainly their poetry, but not OTR.

Though you might be biased. I saw on one of your memes on your sight that you have thing for Dean Moriarty. Just sayin’.

By: Elena

Elena — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:22:51 +0000

This is a great review. I read the book a while ago and became obsessed with the Beats! Never thought of the audio book version though. It’s a very polarising work though – some people I know absolutely hate On The Road

By: admin

admin — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:49:31 +0000

I forgot to say earlier that you might check out On the Road: the Original Scroll. It’s supposed to be exactly as Kerouac wrote, i.e., uncensored.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:53:25 +0000

What’s funny is that I DON”T have a code key. I always meant to make one but didn’t know where to put it. Maybe under lists?

For the record:

F=Fiction
NF=Nonfiction
CNF=Creative Nonfiction
D=Drama
P=Poetry
EP=Epic Poetry
RT=Religious Text

I think that’s all of the shorthand that I use… I can’t think of anything else.

So far I only review Fiction, Nonfiction, and Creative Nonfiction, though I recommend other stuff. I will get into reviewing the other genres eventually.

By: Rose City Reader

Rose City Reader — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:09:13 +0000

I read On the Road a million years ago. I’ve been thinking it is time for a re-read and the audio version is a great idea.

Good review. And I like how you list a bibliography after your reviews. Such a joy to my list-obsessed heart. But what does “D” stand for and what is “CNF”? I’m just being lazy because I’m sure you have a code key here somewhere.