JD Salinger dies at 91.

[nonperson]

On the wire everywhere. Apart from here.

[Eye-In-TiPi]

Mother fucking shit!?! I KNEW HE WAS A PHONIE!!!11! I saw him in a bar the other day and the way he held his cigarette made me wonder if he was a flit, so I called one of my friends from a payphone in the bar and asked him to come down there and help me decide whether he was a flit or not. We couldn't figure it out so I just got drunk but I kept my eye on him. I passed out and now I don't know where my car keys are. I think I'll call my little sister. She always knows just what to do.


Do you think he was a flit?



Oh, and may he rest in peace. I loved Catcher in the Rye.

[Polemarch]

I did not realize he was still among the living.

Are any of us really living? Just thinking about this man makes me feel disillusioned.

[kuranes]

Salinger was, of course, notoriously reclusive. I had heard that an ex-wife of his was coming out with a book that would be more revelatory of him than anything previously issued, and I assumed that he'd be against that. Looks like his objections won't be a problem anymore. I enjoyed the "catcher" book, in its day, and I liked some of his short stories even better. "The Laughing Man" from the collection "9 Stories" was a small masterpiece.

[Ferrus]

Salinger was, of course, notoriously reclusive.
Although not to Pynchon levels I presume?

[BAJ]

Banana Fish!

Once they go down the hole they can't get back out.

[foodeater]

Now he'll never be on the Colbert Report..

[Jynweythek]

I prefer to think JD Salinger has just decided to become extra reclusive.

http://twitter.com/hodgman/status/8333444700

[teleforce]

catcher in the rye: the movie

[Alfredo]

Although not to Pynchon levels I presume?

You presume correctly

[starjots]

So, is Catcher in the Rye worth reading if you are way way past the angst-ridden teenage years?

And, one of the articles said his daughter claimed he drank his own urine. I don't know about you, but when I die, I sure as hell hope one of my kids doesn't leak :) that sort of information in the obituary.

[pioneer_167]

I did not realize he was still among the living.

I also did not realize this. I liked Catcher in the Rye a hell of a lot more than the other crap we had to read in high school. Suffice it to say, The Great Gatsby wasn't that great at all.

[Ferrus]

Reading an obit today where they mentioned the strong possibility of a trove of unpublished writings coming out during probate of will.

[nonperson]

I also did not realize this. I liked Catcher in the Rye a hell of a lot more than the other crap we had to read in high school. Suffice it to say, The Great Gatsby wasn't that great at all.

Set texts for high school literature classes are underwhelming usually.

[1104]

things feel the same.

[zago]

I'm coincidentally reading Catcher right now.

[outmywindow]

Although not to Pynchon levels I presume?
Salinger's reclusion* reportedly included such pleasantries as drinking his own urine. As far as I know, Pynchon just wants to stay out of the limelight, not turn into Howard Hughes like Salinger.




*not a word?

[Ferrus]

Salinger's reclusion* reportedly included such pleasantries as drinking his own urine. As far as I know, Pynchon just wants to stay out of the limelight, not turn into Howard Hughes like Salinger.




*not a word?
Oh, I see. Well what I read of Salinger was that he just didn't do interviews or accept offers to make films of his work. My impression of Pynchon was probably unduly influenced by the episodes of the Simpsons where he wears a paper bag on his head.

Oh and I would've said reclusiveness. But that would be because I have no ear for cadence, rhytmn or indeed pitch.

[Stryfe]

I'm coincidentally reading Catcher right now.I went to a bookstore near my work a couple weeks ago to pick it up having not been made to read it in high school. The bookstore did not have a copy despite the clerk's best efforts to find one. Can you really call it a bookstore if they don't have a copy of Catcher in the Rye???

[outmywindow]

Oh and I would've said reclusiveness. But that would be because I have no ear for cadence, rhytmn or indeed pitch.
Eh, seclusion --> reclusion should work in my mind because of seclusive --> reclusive. Also, there's the validity of both exclusion and exclusive (my knowledge of Latin grammar is a little rusty, but I can think of no reason that the prefix would affect which parts of speech could exist for each infinitive). However, Firefox seems to disagree.

Although oh! the Oxford English Dictionary has just vindicated me, and there's nothing that book doesn't know. Thanks, OED.

[Ferrus]

Although oh! the Oxford English Dictionary has just vindicated me, and there's nothing that book doesn't know. Thanks, OED.
The dictionary I use says that both adjectives are acceptable.