"Have You Read Catch-22?" Topic

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27 Nov 2018 12:37 p.m. PST
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Legion 4	23 Apr 2018 2:40 p.m. PST
USAFpilot Some may be surprised to learn that it was mandatory reading in freshman English taught at the US Air Force Academy back in '80s. The author was invited to the Academy and made some rather humorous comments on how we spent 45 minutes of our lunch hour forming up and marching to the cafeteria. By the time we eventually sat down to eat there was only a few minutes left until classes started again. He saw the irony in things. That is an interesting anecdote !
TheBeast	23 Apr 2018 2:56 p.m. PST
Yeah, I think I actually read it FOR high school English, and that would before 1970, and in Omaha, NE. ;->= Might have been freshman UNL, though. It's been such a LONG exposition… I appreciated it, though would have preferred most Vonnegut, if making comparisons. Doug
McKinstry	23 Apr 2018 4:16 p.m. PST
Yes. Still one of my favorites and very much on point in highlighting some of the maddening aspects of serving.
Steelkilt	23 Apr 2018 6:41 p.m. PST
Major Major Major Major. It's so funny I think I must be mis-remembering it.
Chuckaroobob	23 Apr 2018 7:35 p.m. PST
Read it, liked it a lot!
Mserafin	23 Apr 2018 9:24 p.m. PST
One of my favorites.
55th Division	24 Apr 2018 4:39 a.m. PST
they did a pilot for a TV show as well YouTube link
Old Wolfman	24 Apr 2018 7:13 a.m. PST
Too bad they didn't pick it up. Looks like it would've been silly fun.
brass1	24 Apr 2018 7:21 a.m. PST
Read it in Vietnam. I used to amuse myself by identifying the 1960s equivalents of the characters within the various units I ended up in; there were many. LT
Blackhorse MP	28 Apr 2018 2:58 p.m. PST
Read it a couple of times. Looove it! Didn't bother with the movie because I didn't think it could live up to the book.
Oakley	10 May 2018 2:58 p.m. PST
Read it in the 70s and with a friend spent much of our time discussing which of our acquaintances were like the characters in the book.