Joseph Heller part 1

[stevevandien]

 I recall seeing this interview when it was first televised on PBS. One thing that struck me then, and has done so since the more I read about Heller, was that he seemed to be both an interesting mind and a nice guy. Which seems to be kinda rare among major novelists -- I highly recommend the new Heller bio:) -

[Dsmokngun]

Nice to have something nutritious, so to speak, in today's fast food for thought market.

[MckyMseNTarotCrds]

Great writer. I've read Catch-22, Good as Gold, and Something Happened. Something Happened is majorly, majorly depressing, but they're all great. Anybody out there read the sequel to Catch-22? I think it's called Closing Time, about Yossarian later on in life. I thought it sounded like a bad idea (aren't sequels always bad ideas?), but I'm curious. Is it worth it?

[dimogoblin]

The illusion of choice...This is what George Carlin was talking about.

[sentient07]

im from germany, most of hellers novels translated into german are already exhausted down here....its a goddam shame

[BogdanCCCCerekovic]

holly stuff doing a paper on this guy

this was the best source on the internet by far for him

[BALCACER]

He's the Master !!!!!!! RIP

[Tomzmetal]

Thanks. Heller's books are fuckin' great.

[igoldman]

Fascinating statements made matter-of-factly. Thanks for sharing.

[jacksorengan]

this country is doomed!!!

[Gettinghitonattheban]

@jacksorengan

The world is doomed.

[jacksorengan]

@Gettinghitonattheban Yes. The world of human beings is. Perhaps the earth will survive our viral effect after we all are wiped out.

[Entwhistle45]

Thanks for this - very interesting....

[viniciusmc]

Thanks for sharing.