Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all) answers “Should I read this?”

CDMA asked this question about On the Road:

Should I read this?

Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all) Ignore Eric's response. Now if you're interested in the writings of someone who was actually on acid (which Kerouac was not, it hadn't been invented y…moreIgnore Eric's response. Now if you're interested in the writings of someone who was actually on acid (which Kerouac was not, it hadn't been invented yet) you might investigate Timothy Leary.

Disliking a book doesn't make it necessarily "terrible" just as liking a book does not make it by definition the best book ever. Opinion is subjective and variable. In the words of Emmanuel Kant, "A wise man is capable of changing his mind; a fool is not."(less)

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