Source: [URL]http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/books/01/28/salinger.obit/index.html?hpt=T1[/URL]
[quote=CNN.com]
J.D. Salinger, author of "The Catcher in the Rye" and other books, has died, according to his literary agent, Phyllis Westberg. He was 91.
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Very short article, but sad nonetheless. Good book.
The Catcher in the Rye? Never heard of that.
Shame for anyone he knows/ is related to.
[QUOTE=radioactive;19898805]The Catcher in the Rye? Never heard of that.[/QUOTE]
Lol seriously? Do you even go to school? I read that book years ago when I was in school still.
Oh the book that John Lennon's killer was obsessed with.
[QUOTE=faze;19898811]Lol seriously? Do you even go to school? I read that book years ago when I was in school still.[/QUOTE]
We don't read that book. We read An Inspector Calls and some play that this Shakespeare dude put his name on it.
Never read it
How come the news reports on people dying only AFTER michael jackson?
Nobody reported Ricardo Montalbon dying
This article is a phony. So is everyone else at this forum.
Read catcher in the rye in high school. It was a cool story.
That was a good book. Read it on my own time, not for any classes. I just hope now that no one tries to make Catcher in the Rye: The Movie.
I don't understand why everyone seems to think he's the greatest thing ever, Catcher in the Rye was an annoying book about an annoying snobby delusional little brat.
[QUOTE=cyanide101;19898837]This article is a phony. So is everyone else at this forum.
Read catcher in the rye in high school. It was a cool story.[/QUOTE]
derp
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He was a great author and it's sad to see him go. :(
God damn it! He left the last book on a cliffhanger!
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He's dead?
RYEEEEEEEEEEE?
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Seriously though, I'm sad. I really enjoyed [i]Catcher In The Rye[/i], even if the narrator grated on me a little bit.
[QUOTE=Sigma-Lambda;19899159]------joke------>
(your head)[/QUOTE]
Guess so then. I figured it was another common dumb post challenging an article's source.
I had an English teacher once who said she snuck onto his property by climbing over the gate. She says she went up to the house, rang the doorbell and was greeted by a worker at the house. They said Salinger wasn't expecting visitors and that they were welcome to come in. They all talked (not about the book though) and then left without a signed book or anything. She said the experience was good enough.
Reading Catcher in the Rye in school makes it less enjoyable, I find. I read it on my own time and thought it was pretty good.
[QUOTE=Musicfreak59;19899458]I had an English teacher once who said she snuck onto his property by climbing over the gate. She says she went up to the house, rang the doorbell and was greeted by a worker at the house. They said Salinger wasn't expecting visitors and that they were welcome to come in. They all talked (not about the book though) and then left without a signed book or anything. She said the experience was good enough.[/QUOTE]
I smell Bullshit.
The Catcher in the Rye is a great book for FP, full of angsty, hormonic words that 14 year olds can relate to.
Shame about his death, he was a strange guy. All his works were mainly to do with kids and I think his current girlfriend was just 19.
[QUOTE=radioactive;19899515]I smell Bullshit.[/QUOTE]
Didn't believe her as well, but hell, who knows what's real these days.
Cool now it can be made into a movie (Salinger expressly stated that none of his works were to be made into movies while he was alive).
The Catcher in the Rye pretty much explains my life. Makes me feel emo reading that book. Sad that hes dead
[QUOTE=radioactive;19898830]We don't read that book. We read An Inspector Calls and some play that this Shakespeare dude put his name on it.[/QUOTE]
I read Catcher In The Rye at school as well as an Inspector Calls, Shakespeare, Steinbeck, etc.
[QUOTE=radioactive;19898830]We don't read that book. We read An Inspector Calls and some play that this Shakespeare dude put his name on it.[/QUOTE]
Of mice and Men by John Steinbeck?
[QUOTE=djshox;19899053]derp
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Lol you must have never read the book.
[QUOTE=BugsyXoX;19899811]Of mice and Men by John Steinbeck?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I looked at Cannery Row and Grapes of Wrath too, IIRC.
He was a deadbeat dad.
Maybe a movie will be made now. He prevented anyone from trying to make one. He always wanted to be Holden and at his age it was too late.
I didn't enjoy Catcher in the Rye one bit because I decided that Holden Caufield is a whiny little bitch.
Be that as it may, J.D. Salinger was a pimp.
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF- Was gonna make a thread on this.
Sad to see him go.
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