>>8193421
it was a bopping novel. got a bit long in parts but I really enjoyed it, especially the humorous bits. It feels bad knowing that hitchhiking is almost impossible nowadays.

>>8193430
That's not true

>>8193421
Yeah, especially because the first time I read it was in high school. I still read it every couple of years or so, but it isn't quite the same as the first few times I read it.

>>8193430
it's not a novel

the original scroll is also
a) the authoritative text
b) SO RAD

>>8193421
I'm 26

I'm worried I'm too ld to read it. Like, it's the 16 year old's guide on how to live hard.

>>8193719
*too old

>>8193719
you're thinking of palahniuk

if you think you're too old for something you're such a pseud

>>8193726
>you're thinking of palahniuk

Am I?

I thought on the road was about people in their teens/early 20's making their way in the world. The beatnicks?

>>8193741
palahniuk is the 16 y/o's guide to living like an animal, i meant

anyway, check out the original scroll version if you get the chance, it's magnificent. it was most certainly NOT supposed to be cut up into chapters and paragraphs the way it was in the 'novel' version

it is a truly great text

>>8193421

I ended up dropping it a good way through but I can't remember why. Maybe I should pick it back up again.

>>8193754
>anyway, check out the original scroll version if you get the chance, it's magnificent. it was most certainly NOT supposed to be cut up into chapters and paragraphs the way it was in the 'novel' version

Shit, I have the novel version.

>>8193790
don't worry, most of the world has that version. kerouac just couldn't win that argument with his publishers when he was starting out. the novel version is a good primer, too, because the scroll moves so quickly and can be hard to parse sometimes

>>8193421
>beats
not
even
once

>>8193604
Not him, but trust me, it's not impossible but may as well be, only place you have a reasonable chance is in rural areas and even then it's very rare. I dont know why but just doesnt happen anymore. I feel like Americans became extremely paranoid and suspicious in the second half of the 20th century, maybe because everyone owned a TV.