Has anyone here ever read the book that M*A*S*H was based on by Richard Hooker? :confused:

there was a book about M*A*S*H

I've read it and I liked it.

I've never read it, but I think my brother-in-law has a copy. Maybe I can borrow it one of these days.

I've read it and I liked it.

So you think it's a good read then? I'm thinking about reading it myself and I was wondering what it was like.

Definitely. :nod:

Definitely. :nod:

Great! Thanks! I'm going to see if they have it at the library.

Cute new avatar, Lu. :lol:

Cute new avatar, Lu. :lol:

Thankies! :D

I've read it and the first sequal...I believe there are like 7 or 8 maybe sequal...idk for sure.

I didn't like it quite as much just because it's more similar to the movie than the tv show, and live i've said elsewhere, i just perfer the tv show.

But it was still good.

I haven't read it in years, but I think it's good. I have an old copy that I bought once way back in 1977.

For those who never read it, you'll be a little surprised at some of the changes-like Major Frank Burns is Captain Frank Burns, the Frank Burns from the show is a combination of Major Frank Burns and another officer (I forget his name), Major Maragret Houlihan is Major Margaret O'Houlihan, and it has a lot more characters than the show. And Klinger isn't in it. Either is Zale, Igor, and Ginger Ballis.

I've read it and the first sequal...I believe there are like 7 or 8 maybe sequal...idk for sure.

I didn't like it quite as much just because it's more similar to the movie than the tv show, and live i've said elsewhere, i just perfer the tv show.

But it was still good.Richard Hooker (that was his pen name-his real name was Richard Thornberger) wrote the sequels as a-I guess you could say-"attack" on the TV show; which he hated.

I haven't read it in years, but I think it's good. I have an old copy that I bought once way back in 1977.

For those who never read it, you'll be a little surprised at some of the changes-like Major Frank Burns is Major Frank Burns, the Frank Burns from the show is a combination of Major Frank Burns and another officer (I forget his name), Major Maragret Houlihan is Major Margaret O'Houlihan, and it has a lot more characters than the show. And Klinger isn't in it.

Does the book have the same type comedy that the show has, or is it different?

I'd say it's the same kind as in the early episodes.

I'd say it's the same kind as in the early episodes.

Awesome! The first 3 seasons of M*A*S*H are my favorite! I wonder why...;)

I read my previous post over, wher I said what's in the book; and I saw that I made a couple mistakes (give me a break, I typed it at 2 a.m.:lol: ) so I went back and corrected them.

I never read the book or saw the movie. :p

I've read it.

It's a little different from both the movie and the show, I thought. But on balance it is close in places to Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (and that novel's movie adaptation, which is very close).

More bleak and ABSURD. Especially absurd. They had to water that down a fair bit for TV, I suppose.

PS. Just to be clear, I really liked it.

It, Heller and Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five had a lot to do with shaping my outlook on life back in the freewheeling seventies... :)

I've seen the movie, but I have never read the book. My aunt had read it and said that she had liked it, but to wait until I was a little older.

I ended up checking the book out at the library. I LOVED it! Great writing. :D

yes it is a great book! I'm going to buy a new copy, my 30-year-old copy is falling apart.

Did you ever see the movie Lauran?

I've seen parts of it.

How old do you think that some one needs to read the book? I'm fifteen.

How old do you think that some one needs to read the book? I'm fifteen.


I might wait a couple years if I were you.