A Perfect Day for Bananagiraffe

[AugustWest]

J.D. Salinger is dead at 91.

I was never a huge fan of Catcher, but I loved just about everything else he wrote.  So long, Jerry.

[littlefallsmets]

I read "Catcher" way too late in my teen years than to appreciate it the way some people had.

For a young adult literature class my senior year of high school.

I think if I had read it at 12 or 13, it might'a struck me with more force?

Instead, at that age, my dad gave me a dog-eared copy of "Breakfast of Champions" and... yeah.

That was all she wrote there.

[Asherdan]

"People that you thought were dead were still alive but are now dead for $200, Alex."

I hope he had a good one.

[Carlos del Vaca]

"It's not my fault you wouldn't play catch with your father!"  --Terence Mann, played by James Earl Jones in "Field of Dreams."  In the book, it was JD Salinger, but he complained, so they made a fictional author in the movie.

Also, a friend on Facebook commented on Salinger, and someone followed that with "Part of the American Cannon."  Which made me want to reply "Ka-BOOM!"  I didn't, though.

[Mr Trout]

I absolutely loved Nine Stories, and to a lesser extent Frannie and Zooey. Next to Vonnegut i'd say he was my favorite modern day American author.

I feel guilty because one of my first thoughts was regretting not adding him to my deadpool list in another forum a couple weeks ago when I thought about how old he was getting.

[jaydub]

"People that you thought were dead were still alive but are now dead for $200, Alex."

I hope he had a good one.

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[jaydub]

"People that you thought were dead were still alive but are now dead for $200, Alex."

Ash, please get out of my head:

Huh - chalk him under "guys I thought were dead that weren't, but are now".

[theinevitable]

we read Nine Stories for my introductory fiction writing class, and I really really liked it.

I was given Franny and Zooey at some point and never read it. hm.

[Asherdan]

I read Franny and Zooey for a short lived book discussion concept on this board and am better (or, certainly not worse) for it.

Plus, it kept me busy while Spouse was in surgery.

So I am perhaps not as flippant about this passing as it may seem.

[wombat]

I read all his books many times when I was younger but now my recollection is that his characters were a big whiny bunch of drama queens.

[jay-ell]

I read all his books many times when I was younger but now my recollection is that his characters were a big whiny bunch of drama queens.

That is exactly my experience with Shakespeare.

[Drygioni]

I read "Catcher" way too late in my teen years than to appreciate it the way some people had.

For a young adult literature class my senior year of high school.

I think if I had read it at 12 or 13, it might'a struck me with more force?

Instead, at that age, my dad gave me a dog-eared copy of "Breakfast of Champions" and... yeah.

That was all she wrote there.

nvm

[AugustWest]

I absolutely loved Nine Stories, and to a lesser extent Frannie and Zooey.

That's exactly what I'd say.

Next to Vonnegut i'd say he was my favorite modern day American author.

This too, or at least of their era.  Vonnegut unqualified. 

[littlefallsmets]

nvm

Night Vision Monocular?

[AugustWest]

I read all his books many times when I was younger but now my recollection is that his characters were a big whiny bunch of drama queens.

So?  Dostoyevsky wrote about a cold-blooded murderer.  Being a murderer is worse than being a whiny drama queen, no?

He had great insight into the characters of those whiny drama queens.  He conveyed their activities with skill and style but without flash or pretense.

Your dang second favorite writer sucks!