J.D. Salinger Dies

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thomasquinn 32989 28 January 2010 15:56 · Member since July 2006

What's with all the deaths of late? The latest: J.D. Salinger.

Good author. Too bad no one reads anything other than The Catcher In The Rye.

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Yara 28 January 2010 16:38 · Member since January 2008

ThomasQuinn wrote:

What's with all the deaths of late? The latest: J.D. Salinger.

Good author. Too bad no one reads anything other than The Catcher In The Rye.

Thomas, I'm afraid the link is not working. Or else, it's my sluggish internet connection!

But it's very sad news. I liked his writing.

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The Real Wizard 28 January 2010 18:46 · Member since August 2002

Here's the proper link..

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/books/01/28/salinger.obit/index.html?hpt=T2

There was one too many 'http's in there !

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Saif 28 January 2010 23:53 · Member since January 2007

Fuck!!!.... I was a big fan of his short stories and of course, Catcher in the Rye(my favourite English novel). It wasn't even mentioned in any of the newspapers here. :(
I read on another site that there's still no hope for a Catcher in the Rye movie. Good. No living director could do it justice.

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ParisNair 30 January 2010 11:24 · Member since July 2005

Saif wrote:

Fuck!!!.... I was a big fan of his short stories and of course, Catcher in the Rye(my favourite English novel). It wasn't even mentioned in any of the newspapers here. :(
I read on another site that there's still no hope for a Catcher in the Rye movie. Good. No living director could do it justice.

It was there in Times of India and Hindustan Times as well (Mumbai Edition).

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KillerQueen840 31 January 2010 11:04 · Member since July 2004

I'm guilty of only reading The Catcher in the Rye, but I absolutely loved that book. I should dig it out again.
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[/QUOTE]Rest in Peace.[/QUOTE]

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mooghead 01 February 2010 14:29 · Member since September 2005

Mmmmmmmm...... J.D! [img=/images/smiley/msn/thumbs_up.gif][/img]

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thomasquinn 32989 02 February 2010 06:40 · Member since July 2006

I'm just going to boost this to the top again by advising everyone to read Salinger's "Nine Stories" (1953), ISBN 0316767727.

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Yara 02 February 2010 20:45 · Member since January 2008

ThomasQuinn wrote:

I'm just going to boost this to the top again by advising everyone to read Salinger's "Nine Stories" (1953), ISBN 0316767727.

I picked it up in the library once, it was long time ago, and I remember being so thrilled by "A Perfect Day For Bananafish".

But I have only a poor recall of the other stories, so maybe it's a good time to read it all again. : -))

Anyway, thanks for bringing it up.

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