RIP J.D. Salinger

[Confuzius]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/01/ap_son_says_jd_salinger_has_di.html

I wonder if any treasures will surface...

 

[ProphetNoir]

Altering lives since 1955. R.I.P.

 

[DSFC]

Holy cow, he was still alive? I had no idea

 

[Antique Hoosier]

Now I need to read "Franny and Zooey" once again and remind myself not to be like "Lane".

Epic literary genius. RIP

 

[curtis909]

Sad passing to a very private man.

 

[letsdisinfect]

For years I've been dreaming of hopping in my car to drive to the Princeton Library to read the unpublished story "The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls."

Its now officially going to be published on Jan 27th 2060. I'm still pretty sure I don't want to wait.

I think all of my literary heroes are officially gone -- Vonnegut and now Salinger.

So it goes...

 

[proxymoron]

Well, now maybe he'll finally get around to writing another book.

RIP, Uncle Wiggily.

 

[redwoolf]

I wonder if any treasures will surface...

I sure hope not. I think an author deserves final say on the publishing of his work. If he chose not to publish it, there's good reason. Even if said reasons are entirely his own.

 

[letsdisinfect]

"While he was living with Maynard, Salinger continued to write in a disciplined fashion, a few hours every morning. According to Maynard, by 1972 he had completed two new novels.[80][81] In a rare 1974 interview with The New York Times, he explained: "There is a marvelous peace in not publishing ... I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure."[82] According to Maynard, he saw publication as "a damned interruption".[83] In her memoir, Margaret Salinger describes the detailed filing system her father had for his unpublished manuscripts: "A red mark meant, if I die before I finish my work, publish this 'as is,' blue meant publish but edit first, and so on."

I think he has had a final say!

 

[SalvadorMontenegro]

I hated Catcher in the Rye, but I can recognize and appreciate an influential artist. RIP.

 

[The Nid Hog]

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

 

[SalvadorMontenegro]

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

Definitely laughed at that one!

 

[David in Boston]

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

Good One!

It has been a little bit sickening how media types etc are trying to be profound in their reviews and remembrances of the man.

 

[Kouros]

That reminds me, RIP John Lennon.