JD Salinger Dead at 91

Reportedly, he had 5 unpublished manuscripts in his files that he refused to publish because of his disdain for the publishing industry and perhaps the world in general.

Hopefully those will see the light of day.

I've only ever read Catcher in the Rye, any advice on what to read next?

It was enjoyable, kind of like reading a BEE novel...

  On 1/28/2010 at 7:38 PM, LOL Alzado said:

Reportedly, he had 5 unpublished manuscripts in his files that he refused to publish because of his disdain for the publishing industry and perhaps the world in general.

 

Hopefully those will see the light of day.

Not sure about that. Hopefully his family will respect his wishes rather than digging for money.

  On 1/28/2010 at 7:42 PM, 277: 930-933 said:

I've only ever read Catcher in the Rye, any advice on what to read next?

It was enjoyable, kind of like reading a BEE novel...

"9 Short Stories" was always a favorite of mine.

Here is an author passed I truly lament.

RIP

More like Catch Her In the Eye!!! ahhahahahahahalol

... RIP :(

  On 1/28/2010 at 7:50 PM, Gary C said:

  On 1/28/2010 at 7:38 PM, LOL Alzado said:

Reportedly, he had 5 unpublished manuscripts in his files that he refused to publish because of his disdain for the publishing industry and perhaps the world in general.

 

Hopefully those will see the light of day.

 

Not sure about that. Hopefully his family will respect his wishes rather than digging for money.

No, I think he intended for things to be published after his death:

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In her memoir, Margaret Salinger describes the detailed filing system her father had for his unpublished manuscripts: "A red mark meant, if I die before I finish my work, publish this 'as is,' blue meant publish but edit first, and so on."

  On 1/28/2010 at 7:51 PM, Superstix said:

  On 1/28/2010 at 7:42 PM, 277: 930-933 said:

I've only ever read Catcher in the Rye, any advice on what to read next?

It was enjoyable, kind of like reading a BEE novel...

 

 

"9 Short Stories" was always a favorite of mine.

 

Here is an author passed I truly lament.

Franny and Zooey or Perfect Day For Bananafish next Id recommend, but theres not that much stuff out there. RIp

Wow it's kinda weird to be sad about a death, yet happy that it'll give his creation to the world

  On 1/28/2010 at 8:16 PM, The CIA said:

  On 1/28/2010 at 7:51 PM, Superstix said:

  On 1/28/2010 at 7:42 PM, 277: 930-933 said:

I've only ever read Catcher in the Rye, any advice on what to read next?

It was enjoyable, kind of like reading a BEE novel...

 

 

"9 Short Stories" was always a favorite of mine.

 

Here is an author passed I truly lament.

 

Franny and Zooey or Perfect Day For Bananafish next Id recommend, but theres not that much stuff out there. RIp

Bananafish is one of the 9 Stories. He only had 4 books published along with a handful of uncollected short stories published in the New Yorker.

he died, he really did.

*pours one out for old J.D.*

so young

  On 1/28/2010 at 8:06 PM, LOL Alzado said:

  On 1/28/2010 at 7:50 PM, Gary C said:

  On 1/28/2010 at 7:38 PM, LOL Alzado said:

Reportedly, he had 5 unpublished manuscripts in his files that he refused to publish because of his disdain for the publishing industry and perhaps the world in general.

 

Hopefully those will see the light of day.

 

Not sure about that. Hopefully his family will respect his wishes rather than digging for money.

 

No, I think he intended for things to be published after his death:

 

  Quote

In her memoir, Margaret Salinger describes the detailed filing system her father had for his unpublished manuscripts: "A red mark meant, if I die before I finish my work, publish this 'as is,' blue meant publish but edit first, and so on."

Wow, fair enough. Here we go then... Salinger-Mania

  On 1/28/2010 at 7:38 PM, LOL Alzado said:

 

Reportedly, he had 5 unpublished manuscripts in his files that he refused to publish because of his disdain for the publishing industry and perhaps the world in general.

 

Hopefully those will see the light of day.

Speaking of posthumous publishing, has anyone read The Original of Laura?

to hear one of my favorite authors died, it just kills me.

i read catcher in the rye for school and it was okay.

  On 1/28/2010 at 7:51 PM, Atop said:

RIP

wat's your avatar???

You guys are all like boo hoo hoo, when we have GOOD authors like Dean Koontz still around, constantly pumping out amazing work.

  On 1/28/2010 at 8:34 PM, Dan C said:

Speaking of posthumous publishing, has anyone read The Original of Laura?

I did. It's beautifully... banal. It,s not a long read (basically each two page you have one of his scanned card and the text on the other)

dean koontz and jd salinger are not really in the same universe.

ghost in the shell tv series was big into salinger... that's really the first i'd heard of it since high school. anything i missed, that i should grab?

  On 1/28/2010 at 10:14 PM, Philip Glass said:

  On 1/28/2010 at 8:34 PM, Dan C said:

Speaking of posthumous publishing, has anyone read The Original of Laura?

 

 

I did. It's beautifully... banal. It,s not a long read (basically each two page you have one of his scanned card and the text on the other)

Oh, that's kind of what I thought it'd be like. Glad I didn't buy it then!

haha, glad to hear it.

oh? i thought he died ages ago

*doesn't care*

*buys stock in kindle for new exclusive salinger books*