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From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned
Date: 16 Feb 2025 20:57:08 -0000
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Peter Moylan  <peter@pmoylan.org> wrote:
>On 14/02/25 08:21, D wrote:
>> On Wed, 12 Feb 2025, Judith Latham wrote:
>
>>> Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
>>
>> Excellent! Will read again.
>
>I did read it again, and was disappointed. Somehow, for me, it had lost
>its air of originality. I'd almost classify it as a "read once" book.

Have you seen the film?  The film is very different than the book but in
some ways is a better experience even though so much is left out.
--scott

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