The Catcher in the Rye is no more.... RIP

[daveDerek]

I'm not sure if Catcher has been made into a movie - yet. certainly, as an immensely popular work for near 6 decades there are those that would be chomping at the bit to do so. and since i can't find a more appropriate forum here goes:

J.D. Salinger Dies at 91: The Hermit Crab of American Letters - TIME

J. D. Salinger News - The New York Times

J. D. Salinger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Edited January 28, 2010 by tkam
thread title fixed at OP's request

[Beefy]

I never much cared for Catcher in the Rye. I found that the Holden was far too much of a whiny little bitch for me to feel even the slightest amount of empathy.

So thanks, J D Salinger...... you gave use the first emo.

[jinp6301]

But this means that we'll see his unpublished short stories soon

[blessingx]

Supposedly, he wrote just as much in his non-publishing stage as prior. Hate to say I've been waiting for this moment, but I do wonder what else may get published now. Perfect Day for Bananafish was a favorite and much younger I used to read the last 80 pages of Franny & Zooey before making any important decision. F&Z even seemed like a response to the fans of Rye. And of course take into account the narration setting of Rye when talking of Holden's moods.

Plus there are so many fun shorts in New Yorker, etc. that never made it to book form.

Funniest/saddest story I know of Salinger is that Charlie Chaplin stole his girlfriend.

[jinp6301]

blessingx, do you know where I can find the New Yorker stories?

I used to be pretty obsessed with F&Z during sophomore year

[blessingx]

I grabbed them off microfiche in a college library as a wedding present for a friend. Looks like they may be on the Complete New Yorker DVD box set too: Complete New Yorker (DVD) at The New Yorker Store

Well worth your $20, but I have that set and although I'm heading out of town tomorrow, if you give me a week I can hunt and output as PDF (I think). They were scattered across different publications, but many there. Remember one had the great opening "If you wait long enough every city becomes a girl."

[blessingx]

Guess what just popped up?

Postscript: J. D. Salinger: Back Issues : The New Yorker

EDIT: Damn, subscribers only.

Edited January 29, 2010 by blessingx

[Duggeh]

I have to say I was more put out by the death of Robert B Parker a week or so ago.

[jinp6301]

Thanks a lot blessingx

[Hopstretch]

The Onion:

CORNISH, NH

[jinp6301]

J. D. Salinger. Uncollected Writings

[blessingx]

I have to say I was more put out by the death of Robert B Parker a week or so ago.

Yeah, but Parker probably isn't man enough to drink his own urine daily.

J. D. Salinger. Uncollected Writings

Very cool.

[Voltron]

I guess my First Edition hardback of Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction will be worth a little more now. [/crass self-interested take on event]

[blessingx]

Salinger & women. Ouch.

[blessingx]

How a Book Publisher Failed to Get J.D. Salinger's Final Book 'Hapworth 16, 1924' Into Print -- New York Magazine

[The Monkey]

Good article. Thanks, Ric.