J.D. Salinger RIP

[Moose A. Moose]

JD Salinger's greatest creation, his son Matt:

 

[Baron Scicluna]

I must admit, I was disappointed that 'Catcher in the Rye' wasn't about baseball.

 

[slappy4428]

What happened to my tribute to Jack Daniel's?

 

[txsportsscribe]

What happened to my tribute to Jack Daniel's?

i miss all the jd threads. may they rest in peace.

 

[Smasher_Sloan]

I'll have to call old Mr. Antolini.

 

[Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell]

Does this mean that we'll finally get a crappy movie adaptation of Catcher in the Rye?

As usual, The Onion has a pretty good take on this.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/bunch_of_phonies_mourn_j_d

 

[imjustagirl]

That's great.

 

[Blitz]

I read Catcher, too, and didn't understand it's greatness.
Sort of reminded me of Kerouac's Vanity of Delouz effort, which I also didn't "get" when I read it.
I need to make a pledge to re-read both of them. I still have both books.
After all, it was a second or third screening of the Glengarry Glen Ross movie which allowed me to see its brilliance.

RIP J.D.

 

[JR]

I read Catcher, too, and didn't understand it's greatness.
Sort of reminded me of Kerouac's Vanity of Delouz effort, which I also didn't "get" when I read it.
I need to make a pledge to re-read both of them. I still have both books.
After all, it was a second or third screening of the Glengarry Glen Ross movie which allowed me to see its brilliance.

RIP J.D.

I think the Kerouac comparable to Catcher is "On the Road". Vanity is a a minor work.

I read Catcher in the Rye when I was in high school--mid 60's--and was absolutely bowled over.

I read it (with trepidation) again about four or five years ago and it still stands up. Yeah, some of it is dated but hey, so is Jane Austen.

 

[BYH]

I'd like to hear BYH's seventh-grade interpretation of J.D. Salinger's death.

Do you want me to sit here and explain to you the concepts of life and death?

 

[Shaggy]

I loved Catcher in the Rye. It is a rare novel that is easy to read, yet packed with so many different layers that it can be interpreted a million different ways (and is).

It's thought-provoking fiction writing at its absolute best.

 

[Big Circus]

Does this mean that we'll finally get a crappy movie adaptation of Catcher in the Rye?

As usual, The Onion has a pretty good take on this.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/bunch_of_phonies_mourn_j_d

They'd done a great Salinger piece before, too.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/new_terminator_movie_brings_j_d

 

[dooley_womack1]

Time to put on my people-shooting hat. Read it in high school, didn't get much out of it, but wondered why the hell people would want to ban it.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Yeah, besides my earlier comment, I, and the rest of my class, didn't really see what the big deal was about the book. It just seemed really dated.

 

[Baltimoreguy]

Great piece from the local paper up there about the town's unspoken commitment to maintaining Salinger's privacy throughout his life:
http://www.vnews.com/01292010/6354574.htm

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Great piece from the local paper up there about the town's unspoken commitment to maintaining Salinger's privacy throughout his life:
http://www.vnews.com/01292010/6354574.htm

That was a great story ... Lots of quotes from lots of people. ... Hell of a job for a one-day job!

 

[BYH]

That anecdote about the Salingers handing out pencils at Halloween was fantastic.

 

[The Big Ragu]

That anecdote about the Salingers handing out pencils at Halloween was fantastic.

Spnited does that too. And his pencils have razor blades buried in them.

 

[DanOregon]

I think what made the book remarkable was that in its time - it was a rare book that expressed a view of the teenage years that was very un-Beaver Cleaver, maybe the first that used a kid from an upper middle-class background. Reading it decades later, when other authors like a Judy Blume have come along may have diminished it's "greatness."
A couple of other things, apparently Salinger was involved with Elaine Joyce in the 80's and his son Matthew was also in Revenge of the Nerds.

 

[BYH]

That anecdote about the Salingers handing out pencils at Halloween was fantastic.

Spnited does that too. And his pencils have razor blades buried in them.

Holy ****, is that ever funny.