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    Judge Annoints J.D. Salinger the King of the Internet

    J.D. Salinger Succeeds In Blocking Publication of Dumb Book

    J.D. Salinger Emerges from His Hidy-Hole to Sue Over Catcher in the Rye Rip-Off

    Catcher in the Rye Sequel: Actual Disaster or Lame Hoax?

    J.D. Salinger Strangely Still Ignoring Hollywood

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    Why Can't High Schools Ban Catcher In The Rye Already?

    Joyce Maynard Cannot Stop Writing About What a Bastard Salinger Was

    J. D. Salinger Hates Indiana Jones!
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    Image of CountFosco CountFosco
    07/02/09

    In reply to Judge Annoints J.D. Salinger the King of the Internet
    So this is a bad time for me to be shopping my manuscript, "Franny and Zooey and Zombies"?
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    Image of PandoraSpocks PandoraSpocks
    07/03/09

    @CountFosco: Maybe Franny, Zooey, and the Zombies from Planet Zircon?
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    Image of Mymoustache Mymoustache
    07/02/09

    In reply to Judge Annoints J.D. Salinger the King of the Internet
    Meh...I would rather read an update on "Flowers in the Attic"
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    Image of allyzay allyzay
    07/03/09

    @Mymoustache: there's an entire series of sequels to "flowers in the attic" so you can accomplish this easily and without fear of lawsuit!
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    Image of ithabeleng metesunyane ithabeleng metesunyane
    07/02/09

    In reply to Judge Annoints J.D. Salinger the King of the Internet
    Holden Caulfield was my first true romance.


    I always wondered what happened to him in his later years.


    Now I may never know.

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    Image of vanka-vstanka vanka-vstanka
    07/03/09

    @ithabeleng metesunyane: JD Salinger wrote other stories about Holden and his siblings. You can find them on the internet; someone typed them up from old magazines and uploaded them.
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    Image of Pizza!Pizza!Pizza! Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
    07/03/09

    @ithabeleng metesunyane: He and Esther Greenwood got married and died in a horrible boating accident. I actually meant to write that as a short story in my teens. I guess I'm lucky that I didn't.
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    Image of lawyergay lawyergay
    07/02/09

    In reply to Judge Annoints J.D. Salinger the King of the Internet
    There are few characters less appealing-sounding than a 76-year-old Holden Caufield.
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    Image of blix blix
    07/02/09

    @lawyergay: OMG! Holden is the embodiment of the cranky old guy yelling at the neighborhood kids.
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    Image of HiredGoons HiredGoons
    07/02/09

    In reply to Judge Annoints J.D. Salinger the King of the Internet
    "obsessive-compulsive old man with a taste for teenaged girls might come after you."


    FYI Woody Allen is in Europe right now, so I'm safe.

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    Image of SidAndFinancy SidAndFinancy
    07/02/09

    In reply to Judge Annoints J.D. Salinger the King of the Internet
    This doesn't bode well for my novella, Seymour: An Epilogue.
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    Image of depardoo depardoo
    07/02/09

    In reply to Judge Annoints J.D. Salinger the King of the Internet
    Colting remarked that the judge held his motion as if it were a turd.
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    Image of Pareene Pareene
    07/02/09

    In reply to Judge Annoints J.D. Salinger the King of the Internet
    But when will J.D. sue Michiko Kakutani
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    Image of Pareene Pareene
    07/02/09

    @Pareene: (no one else has made that joke yet, RIGHT??)
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    Image of Dominant Glee Club Dominant Glee Club
    06/18/09

    In reply to J.D. Salinger Succeeds In Blocking Publication of Dumb Book
    That J.D. Salinger, he always seemed kind of flitty to me. I don't know him and all, but, boy, he kills me. He really goddamn does. Old Salinger. What a prince. If I were a writer, I wouldn't even let myself publish anything. If I even tried, I'd sue my own goddamn self. I really would. I'm a madman sometimes.
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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    06/18/09

    @The Dominant Glee Club: I hearted you both but that's because I'm a damn phoney. Sure I get all happy when I read stuff but in my real life I'm mean and grumpy and beat my kids and smoke too much.
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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    06/18/09

    @The Dominant Glee Club: that made me feel crumby
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    06/18/09

    In reply to J.D. Salinger Succeeds In Blocking Publication of Dumb Book
    "Hermetically-sealed Catcher in the Rye author..."


    Hammy, you just made my day. Makes me think of Hermit-Ren.

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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    06/18/09

    In reply to J.D. Salinger Succeeds In Blocking Publication of Dumb Book
    I once wrote and directed a one-act based on For Esmé with Love and Squalor. Got an A. Don't tell JD.
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    06/18/09

    In reply to J.D. Salinger Succeeds In Blocking Publication of Dumb Book
    I'm pretty sure that John David California is William Shatner.
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    Image of Astroblack Astroblack
    06/18/09

    In reply to J.D. Salinger Succeeds In Blocking Publication of Dumb Book
    I can't be the only here who's shocked to find out Salinger is still alive. I had no idea.
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    Image of sakade sakade
    06/18/09

    @Astroblack: He's a bit of an urban legend in New Hampshire, akin to the boogeyman or whatever it is that is totally hiding under your bed but is only there when the lights are off.
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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    06/18/09

    @Astroblack: I was. I thought, "He's ALIVE?" Wow.
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    Image of PandoraSpocks PandoraSpocks
    06/18/09

    In reply to J.D. Salinger Succeeds In Blocking Publication of Dumb Book
    Like a 1960s movie about hippies, and Salinger himself, Catcher just doesn't hold up to a modern day read. It's sophomoric, self-indulgent and just plain ridiculous.


    (oh hi, Hamilton..)

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    Image of 1.1.1. 1.1.1.
    06/18/09

    In reply to J.D. Salinger Succeeds In Blocking Publication of Dumb Book
    He's allowed to protect his creation.


    If you want to pay homage to an author, write a fan novel and post it on your website. Don't charge for it.


    Or wait until the writer has been dead a long time, as with Jean Rhys and Charlotte Brontë. It helps to be brilliant.

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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    06/18/09

    @1.1.1.: Exactly--I have no beef with Salinger for this. The beauty of Catcher in the Rye is the carefully crafted character of Holden Caulfield. He's the whole book, not to mention an icon. For someone else to seize and distort that creation just seems incredibly wrong.
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    Image of Tart of Darkness Tart of Darkness
    06/18/09

    @DahlELama: Yeah, but you know what? I'm sure California's book stinks. STINKS. So it probably doesn't matter if it's published because it probably stinks. And I feel for that judge.


    Hearted for the Jean Rhys reference. Oh man. That book is better than Jane Eyre.

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