I was saddened to hear that J.D. Salinger passed away yesterday. I'm sure everyone knows him for his only novel, The Catcher in the Rye. Seems like most people I've talked to either love or hate the book, there's not really an in between. Me personally, it's one of my favorite books of all-time. Perhaps I'll re-read it in honor of Salinger.



J.D. Salinger, the famously reclusive author whose 1951 novel, "The Catcher in the Rye," became a touchstone for generations of readers, has died. He was 91.

The author died Wednesday of natural causes at his home in New Hampshire, according to a family statement that his literary agent, Phyllis Westberg, provided Thursday.

"Despite having broken his hip in May, his health had been excellent until a rather sudden decline after the new year," the statement said. "He was not in any pain before or at the time of his death."

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/books/0 ... tml?hpt=T1

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Hockey Night in Buffalo

i hate that book. all the main character does is cry.

it is however, one of the most epic american novels ever.

Oh bummer....well at 91 he had a nice long life.

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- Lindy Ruff, 23 Feb. 2007

I'm in the haters category when it comes to that book.

However, the last time I read it I was twelve, so that may have changed since then.

91 is a long life. RIP.

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‎"Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
-Khalil Gibran

I'll admit that I've never read Catcher. Maybe I should.

it was an interesting book. i didn't hate it. i liked the Austin and twain novels we had to read that year better but it was a good read.

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I'd recommend it. Even if you end up hating it, it's still a pretty fast read and it's one of those books that I believe everyone should read. Just my two.

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Hockey Night in Buffalo

I haven't read all that much aside form technical books in the last 10 years. I feel like I'm lacking there.

Think I might steal the GF's old Kindle and use that a little.

That book will blow anybody fuckin mind. Amazing read, I highly suggest it for anyone who likes history, or sociology.

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Squanto 7/27/2010

I can't get excited about kindles.

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My GF loves hers. She's an english teacher, working on her masters. She's CONSTANTLY reading, maybe more so since I got her that.

I wouldn't buy it for myself, but she's addicted.

I have huge issues reading things on a screen, I just don't get into it. I printed out my 300 page (double spaced) book to edit by hand.

I don't know what electronic books will do for writers. It might make it easier to get published since it eliminates the bullshit song and dance of query letter and editors and agents and publishers that will never pay you any attention. Most of the greatest writers were rejected over 10 times. Makes me think publishers don't know their ass form a hole in the ground.

Rowling - 12
Meyer - 13
King - 13

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What??? This thread just got so much worse. Not that Salinger dying is OK, but he was 91 and not the most prolific writer. Zinn, on the other hand, was a horse of a writer, and an inspiration to history teachers everywhere.

RIP Mr. Zinn. You made me stop to think many times.

RIP Mr. Salinger as well.

The kindle and the nook don't have a typical LCD screen like you find on a laptop...they have what's called e-ink which is very much like looking at a sheet of paper.

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You did not just mention greatest writers then proceed to list J.K. Rowling, Stephanie Meyer and Stephen King.

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wheres R.L. stein????

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JK Rowling has sold a book for every 15 people on the planet. King for every 20. Meyer for every 75.

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So by that logic, you concede the greatest writers in history are the authors of the Bible

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Quantity of books sold doesn't mean a thing in determining their quality. Meyer, King and Rowling have written novels that serve as pure entertainment at best, and don't even come near having any sort of literary merit.

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