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- lagmar, on 06/03/2009, -3/+194That dude is still alive??
- skags, on 06/03/2009, -4/+125This just kills me. What a phony.
- asujon, on 06/03/2009, -1/+106Be on the lookout for my forthcoming book, "The Bible 2: Electric Boogaloo".
- whatthefu, on 06/03/2009, -5/+104What idiot would write or publish this *****? Even if you were somehow within your legal rights to do so, you should respect the author's wishes.
- asgardshill, on 06/03/2009, -6/+92Holden Caulfield was emo before emo was cool.
- dkm201, on 06/03/2009, -2/+64I'm writing "The Diary of Anne Frank: The College Years".
- borez, on 06/03/2009, -1/+53Heads up: Emo is NOT cool.
- farfromsubtl, on 06/03/2009, -0/+42Salinger would sooner cut off his own limbs.
- LocalDocal, on 06/03/2009, -3/+43So, just so I get can this straight, a Swedish man and Swedish publisher decided they could write a sequel to The Catcher in the Rye without bothering to contact the author for his permission. And, of course, when he discovered it and decided to sue, the author thought the action was 'insane' (as if someone suing you for using their work without their permission was completely unexpected).
Hmm, maybe I'm beginning to see a pattern in Swedish culture. - Gr1nch, on 06/03/2009, -0/+33He's been a recluse ever since the book came out. He's had silent fame mostly by name only. One of the cooler stories of the cold war era IMO.
- frieddonuts, on 06/03/2009, -2/+34I believe that is known as The Book of Mormon.
note: nothing against Mormons. every religious book is an interesting work of fiction to me. - PlusTheBear, on 06/03/2009, -5/+34I can't release Halo 4.
In the same way any altercation to the readers mind jeopardizes the whole universe in which the original was created. - 0xABADC0DA, on 06/03/2009, -6/+34Who's the man now, dog?
- inactive, on 06/03/2009, -1/+28Check out the movie Finding Forrester, the mentor of the protagonist (Sean Connery) is based on the chronically reclusive Salinger
- Leminnes, on 06/03/2009, -1/+28What's going to happen is that Salinger is going to die, his daughter is going to go into his home and find a billion books and publish them all. It will be awesome and epic. I don't WANT Salinger to die, but man, I love his books and I want more. :P
- TheIndigoSky, on 06/03/2009, -1/+25The guy renamed it I suppose. Let's just rename it to Aloe 4, the story of the Boss Captain as he fights the alien races of the Agreement.
- Totalchaos02, on 06/03/2009, -4/+24The only thing worse than emo kids who treat Catcher like a bible are the morons who denigrate the quality of the book because they don't like the fanbase.
- DCTBSBN, on 06/03/2009, -0/+20http://partners.nytimes.com/books/98/09/13/special ...
One of the few interviews with him
Interesting man - ShadySpace, on 06/03/2009, -1/+18Or that one episode of Hey Arnold.
- Networktwenty3, on 06/03/2009, -1/+17I read this earlier on another site, and I was surprised at how many people supported the new book. If that was the case I can make a movie to sell with Wookies, Blade Runners and Batman.
- Frostek, on 06/03/2009, -0/+16He's talking about Pirate Bay... *rolls eyes*
- asujon, on 06/03/2009, -0/+15You're the man now, dog!
- ShadySpace, on 06/03/2009, -1/+14You both make compelling point.
-jcr - coondog35, on 06/03/2009, -0/+12nice.
- darthvalium, on 06/03/2009, -3/+15I see no copyright infringement. There were no passages copied. Salinger does not possess the copyright on character traits nor on alienated teenagers for that matter.
- cyrix, on 06/03/2009, -1/+13I beg to differ.
-jcr - cawpin, on 06/03/2009, -1/+12Notice that is calls itself the "Imitation" of the subject. Someone using somebody else's idea and character development is a ripoff.
- input, on 06/03/2009, -2/+13Then how did you like the book if the whole thing was about him?
- SRSco, on 06/03/2009, -3/+13These comments you speak of don't exist.
- MachineMessiah, on 06/03/2009, -1/+11"That was the last night I ever did a body shot off a former SS policeman"
- Junior612, on 06/03/2009, -3/+13It took the surprise out of the buttseks?
- tornadojoe, on 06/03/2009, -4/+13This might be the dumbest comment I've ever read on digg. And that's saying something.
Then I read the Lennon thing.
You're an idiot. - rz8472, on 06/03/2009, -4/+13This sequel better be about a robot with laser eyes.
- Cerebron, on 06/03/2009, -0/+9When some one wrote a sequel to Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes just wrote his own official one to put them out of business.
- EtherealSOC, on 06/03/2009, -1/+10Arrogant prick? No one cares about him?
Do you understand who you are talking about here? This is one of the most - if not the most - celebrated authors of the 20th century. He is an American Hero. His choice to evade publicity and instead write for himself is a deeply personal one that you don't have to understand. It is his right.
He didn't tell his fans anything by being reclusive. He left them with one of the greatest works of fiction the world has ever known. It is not the responsibility of the artist to create art, or to share it with the world. We just have to be thankful when they do. - exspasticcomics, on 06/03/2009, -1/+10Catcher in the rye, part II ARMAGEDDON.
coming soon to a theater near you- directed by Micheal Bay. - uberduger, on 06/03/2009, -1/+10Y'all stole the jcr from this thread. Now I feel bad.
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+jcr - falstaff, on 06/03/2009, -2/+10http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090602/07343250 ...
"Now this is an area of copyright law where a lot of lawyers disagree, but in general an unauthorized sequel doesn't necessarily infringe copyright. Copyright covers the specific expression, not the idea -- and since a "fan" sequel isn't likely to decrease interest in the original (in fact the opposite is likely to be true), there's unlikely to be a finding of copyright infringement." - EtherealSOC, on 06/03/2009, -0/+8Not only is he still alive, but it is said that there is a massive library of unpublished works to be released and published only upon his death.
This is possibly the most amazing person alive today and some day he will just be gone. He is a literary genius and while I admire his tenacity to and resolve to stay away from the spotlight for so long, the world has missed out on sharing an incredible mind. - DestroyedAUS, on 06/03/2009, -2/+10Dude, there's no way you could ruin Halo any more, or it's retarded purple-lazer-shooting-gremlin filled universe. You could probably MOD Halo though, wouldn't that be the same thing?
- Vindexus, on 06/03/2009, -1/+9Just jumping on this band wagon I saw rolling past.
-jcr - otbeverly, on 06/03/2009, -1/+9That was Holden's problem ... he didn't. Congratulations for inadvertently getting the point.
- Feraldr00d, on 06/03/2009, -1/+9The book seemed to say nothing at all, or mean nothing at all, but, for some reason, I couldn't put it down until it was finished. I can't even place what it is I liked about the book, but I've wondered if the attraction is held in the simplicity of the story. He just narrates a pretty ***** day and a half of his life. Nothing overly spectacular happens, and I've thought that that might be the secret. Maybe I was just enthralled to be reading a story of another young man of similar age experiencing believable, even palpable events, without trying to bring some greater meaning or life lesson into it. Isn't that how we grow up? There are few events that truly change your perspective on life by themselves, but storytelling seems to revolve around these epic moments of intense and powerful events. Perhaps my attraction to that book, and others' attractions, stemmed from the real-life events lacking grandeur that I was reading, the familiarity, perhaps.
Just a thought. It's such an intriguing book, and I still can't place my finger on what attracts me to it so much. - uberduger, on 06/03/2009, -2/+9So... when you hear the word 'girl', you immediately think of RedTube?
Dude, get off the computer! And I mean this in the most friendly and helpful way. - Shipyaad, on 06/03/2009, -3/+10Beat me to it.
- ph0replay, on 06/03/2009, -0/+7The difference is that we are not making profit.
Yes, we download music, games, television shows, etc... but we aren't reselling them for any monetary gain, nor would we pay money for pirated software. By someone creating a sequel to Catcher in the Rye, they are profiting off of Salinger's original work. - EGOvoruhk, on 06/03/2009, -2/+8I dugg you up, because I got it. I just watched that movie too. It's great
For those that don't know: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_Forrester#Con ... - thebrok3nsystm, on 06/03/2009, -0/+6I don't want Salinger to die for one simple reason. As long as Salinger is alive Hollywood can't touch Catcher in the Rye. Just because a book is a classic does not mean it translates to a blockbuster, but for decades Salinger has been asked for the rights to make it in to a movie. A common practice of Hollywood is to wait until the author dies and the second this occurs they start production. It sucks.
- treas, on 06/03/2009, -0/+6And the pleasure
- Dundasbro, on 06/03/2009, -0/+5I'm more hoping his writings get released after he dies.
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