Literary Trivia

[Moficky]

Who is Holden Caulfield's nemesis at school ?? and what is his brother's name ?? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Salinger

[Moficky]

Catcher In The Rye.

[Moficky]

OK, another try. which is the better opening line ? 1) it was the best of times;it was the worst of times ( dickens ) or 2) They call me quee queg (melville). Other nominations ?? lightenup blade stiffs.Dave.

[Moficky]

What was The Black Spot in RL Stevenson's Treasure island ?? I know you have read this.

[Moficky]

Who was Jack kerouac's traveling partner in "on The Road " ??

[Moficky]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Kool-Aid_Acid_Test . What sign was on the front of the Merry Pranksters bus ??

[Honch0]

So I now know old Moficky taught English Lit in a past life...Al

PS I am a better detective than I am a trivia buff. Besides, I read Catcher In the Rye about 27 years ago and Treasure Island before that!!!

[Moficky]

Al -- If the truth be known, I can't read print at all -- strictly use Braille - just discovered the bumps on my gal's nipple translates to "suck here". Dave.

[Moficky]

Who co-wrote the "Communist Manifesto" with Karl Marx ??

[kmanoni]

engles. didnt even have to google it ... but i forgot his first name... so i did look it up.

Friedrich Engels. apparantly he was pretty bad azz. liked guns, knives, drinking, and all the good stuff

[kmanoni]

OK, another try. which is the better opening line ? 1) it was the best of times;it was the worst of times ( dickens ) or 2) They call me quee queg (melville). Other nominations ?? lightenup blade stiffs.Dave.

when i think of epening lines ... best of times/worst of times is tops.
but ... another great one ...

"It was a pleasure to burn."

[Moficky]

kevin -- you are correct , you Pinko ! You have just won a lottery slot in a blind auction to enter a sweepstakes enabling you to bid on an opportunity to buy a Sacred Blue Parrot.Dave. PS. True about Engels - He made Trotsky and Stalin look like Shirley Temple and Donny Osmond. Dave.

[kmanoni]

kevin -- you are correct , you Pinko ! You have just won a lottery slot in a blind auction to enter a sweepstakes enabling you to bid on an opportunity to buy a Sacred Blue Parrot.Dave. PS. True about Engels - He made Trotsky and Stalin look like Shirley Temple. Dave.

what an honor !! ~you the man

[Honch0]

when i think of epening lines ... best of times/worst of times is tops.
but ... another great one ...

"It was a pleasure to burn."

As good a first sentence as there is. Old 451 is why I never became a fireman...Al

[Moficky]

Another nomination -- Albert Camus in The Stranger -- : Mother died today, or maybe it was yesterday. Dave.