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J. D. Salinger
Topic Started: Jan 29 2010, 01:18 AM (674 Views)
tiptopolive
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oh my, he's so gangsta
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One of my favorite authors died recently. He's most famous for Catcher in the Rye, which we were all probably forced to read at some point or another. It seemed to be a book that people either loved or hated - which camp did you fall into?

PS: Awesome Onion article on the event. http://www.theonion.com/content/news/bunch_of_phonies_mourn_j_d
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Locke
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I've actually never read it. :o

I am most interested in hearing whether the rumors are true: that he has dozens of ready-to-publish manuscripts in a safe. He hasn't published anything since 1965, so it could be epic if there really are unread, unpublished Salinger novels waiting inside.
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I haven't read Catcher in the Rye either, but it's sad to see literature icons like him die.
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That's so weird... just earlier, I was thinking about the book. Huh...

R.I.P., I guess.
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Never read the book either, but I look the forward reading it. :)
Edited by John, Jan 29 2010, 09:21 AM.
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tiptopolive
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Locke
Jan 29 2010, 01:43 AM
I've actually never read it. :o

I am most interested in hearing whether the rumors are true: that he has dozens of ready-to-publish manuscripts in a safe. He hasn't published anything since 1965, so it could be epic if there really are unread, unpublished Salinger novels waiting inside.
I would love to read some of his never published stuff.
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it's an illusion.
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"You're all goddamn phonies."
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The Catcher in the Rye was one of the two books, in which I was required to read, that I actually enjoyed greatly (A Separate Peace was the other).

You know, I don't want to see the "hidden manuscripts". He didn't want the world to see them, so I don't want to.
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Jan 30 2010, 12:02 AM
The Catcher in the Rye was one of the two books, in which I was required to read, that I actually enjoyed greatly (A Separate Peace was the other).

You know, I don't want to see the "hidden manuscripts". He didn't want the world to see them, so I don't want to.
According to his daughter, they're marked for immediate publication, publication after editing, or not to be published. He just didn't want them published while he was alive.
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this is pretty sad, i'm reading catcher in the rye at the moment.
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Jago
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That's really sad. :( The weird thing is, two days before he died I decided I was going to find Catcher In The Rye and read it...coincidence or am I a murderer? :O
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I've heard of the novel, but I don't think I've ever read it? The newspaper article regarding his death said the novel is one of the top sellers to this day and that at the time it was published, Holden Caulfield was the newest rebel since Huckleberry Finn. :P

Interesting that he didn't want certain things published until after his death.
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I read Catcher In The Rye way back and enjoyed it. There are very few good authors out there, and now, one less. :(
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