JD Salinger DEAD

Kingfish · **Posted:** Thu Jan 28, 2010 3:34 pm

He was 91.

Leon · **Posted:** Thu Jan 28, 2010 3:36 pm

I wonder what will happen to all of the things that he wrote but never put out. I would be interested in reading it. I like his work, especially his short stories.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Thu Jan 28, 2010 3:46 pm

aw shit.

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Thu Jan 28, 2010 3:51 pm

Damn, I thought he had been dead for a long time.

I'm sure it didn't suck to be the writer of "Catcher In The Rye" for 60 years of his life.

Hegel · **Posted:** Thu Jan 28, 2010 3:52 pm

Second on my list of saddest things I've heard this month. Not that he was currently contributing a whole ton, but it's sad to have him go.

91, lived himself a good life, or at least had plenty of chances to.

RIP indeed.

jsh · **Posted:** Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:10 pm

Rick Derris Wrote:

Damn, I thought he had been dead for a long time.

I'm sure it didn't suck to be the writer of "Catcher In The Rye" for 60 years of his life.

wasn't he a total recluse?

f4df · **Posted:** Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:15 pm

yeah he was pretty warped - I bet people will be surprised what comes out of the woodwork now.

toots · **Posted:** Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:17 pm

what a phony

PopTodd · **Posted:** Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:29 pm

toots Wrote:

what a phony

To J.D.

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

Leon Wrote:

I wonder what will happen to all of the things that he wrote but never put out. I would be interested in reading it. I like his work, especially his short stories.

i read earlier that he apparently coded his stories so that his family would know what he wanted and didn't want released posthumously.

Dalen · **Posted:** Thu Jan 28, 2010 6:44 pm

toots Wrote:

what a phony

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:46 pm

I've got more rhymes than JD's got Salingers - I hold the title and you are the challenger.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Thu Jan 28, 2010 9:24 pm

Senator GAR in 2010! Wrote:

I've got more rhymes than JD's got Salingers - I hold the title and you are the challenger.

First thing that came to mind.

Not so much proof that great minds think alike.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:42 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

Senator GAR in 2010! Wrote:

I've got more rhymes than JD's got Salingers - I hold the title and you are the challenger.

First thing that came to mind.

Not so much proof that great minds think alike.

I blame you. and Drugs. and, well, you.

KPH · **Posted:** Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:47 pm

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 12:29 am

That just means a Catcher in the Rye film will finally be pushed through along with all his other stories...blah.

It'd be amazing if Pynchon spoke at his funeral.

pinehurst · **Joined:** Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:45 am **Posts:** 1526

This must have been the easiest Onion article to write ever:

Quote:

Bunch Of Phonies Mourn J.D. Salinger

CORNISH, NH—In this big dramatic production that didn't do anyone any good (and was pretty embarrassing, really, if you think about it), thousands upon thousands of phonies across the country mourned the death of author J.D. Salinger, who was 91 years old for crying out loud. "He had a real impact on the literary world and on millions of readers," said hot-shot English professor David Clarke, who is just like the rest of them, and even works at one of those crumby schools that rich people send their kids to so they don't have to look at them for four years. "There will never be another voice like his." Which is exactly the lousy kind of goddamn thing that people say, because really it could mean lots of things, or nothing at all even, and it's just a perfect example of why you should never tell anybody anything

ayah · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:03 pm **Posts:** 6402

in terms of one hit wonders i'd pick harper lee any day.
still and all, it was one good book.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:24 pm

pinehurst Wrote:

This must have been the easiest Onion article to write ever:

Quote:

Bunch Of Phonies Mourn J.D. Salinger

CORNISH, NH—In this big dramatic production that didn't do anyone any good (and was pretty embarrassing, really, if you think about it), thousands upon thousands of phonies across the country mourned the death of author J.D. Salinger, who was 91 years old for crying out loud. "He had a real impact on the literary world and on millions of readers," said hot-shot English professor David Clarke, who is just like the rest of them, and even works at one of those crumby schools that rich people send their kids to so they don't have to look at them for four years. "There will never be another voice like his." Which is exactly the lousy kind of goddamn thing that people say, because really it could mean lots of things, or nothing at all even, and it's just a perfect example of why you should never tell anybody anything

Excellent nonetheless.

Z · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:38 pm **Posts:** 7979

salinger's excellent short stories are enough to keep him out of literary one-hit wonder territory.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:28 pm

Z Wrote:

salinger's excellent short stories are enough to keep him out of literary one-hit wonder territory.

"A Fine Day For Bananafish"
Damn.

discostu · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:38 pm

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

That just means a Catcher in the Rye film will finally be pushed through along with all his other stories...blah.

It'd be amazing if Pynchon spoke at his funeral.

Let's start a pool to see who will play Holden Caufield...

Leon · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:54 pm

ayah Wrote:

in terms of one hit wonders i'd pick harper lee any day.
still and all, it was one good book.

I actually think that out of everything that he wrote that Catcher in the Rye is at the bottom. It's a great book, but his other work is brilliant. Anyone who hasn't read "9 stories" or "Frannie and Zooey" need to.

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:43 pm

discostu Wrote:

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

That just means a Catcher in the Rye film will finally be pushed through along with all his other stories...blah.

It'd be amazing if Pynchon spoke at his funeral.

Let's start a pool to see who will play Holden Caufield...

Easy. Shia Le Boeuf.

Next question.

KPH · **Posted:** Fri Jan 29, 2010 6:22 pm

Wes Anderson presents Michael Cera in his first dramatic role

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