Catcher in the sky R.I.P.

[Kuciwalker]

I've never read Catcher, and am glad.

[Ming]

Sweetheart, catcher is among the most sophomoric works considered great literature

Is sophomoric supposed to be an insult to the work?

It's only sold 65 million copies worldwide... won numerous awards... many of the most knowledgable experts call it a great work... Many other great writers call his work inspirational and key to their own work... But I guess your opinion outweighs all the real experts in this field.

If you don't like it, that's your opinion.. that's fine. But most of the rest of the experts think it's a great work, and I happen to agree with them.

[SlowwHand]

Sweetheart, catcher is among the most sophomoric works considered great literature

If you could read you would know that

Now if only we could bury his book with him

Now if you would ever learn to complete a post or how to edit...
Post count means a lot to you, doesn't it? That's the "child" thing again.

[MrFun]

Why don't you toddle off to bed, you lamer?

[Elok]

RIP. But that book still really sucked. I felt like cheering when the pimp smacked him around. Anybody who thinks "Catcher" was a masterpiece needs their douchebagometer checked.

[Drake Tungsten]

Catcher in the Rye sucked.

QFT

A People's History of the United States also sucked.

Fixed.

[Boris Godunov]

Forced to read Catcher my junior year in HS and resented it greatly. But Salinger was a talented writer. It's a shame he left us such a small catalog.

A rumor is circulating that he told neighbors that he had a dozen or so unpublished manuscripts locked away in his home safe.

CitR doesn't suck. Twilight sucks. CitR is just alright. Not deserving of the massive praise it gets, sure, but certainly far from awful.

[Elok]

"Mussolini wasn't evil. Hitler was evil. Mussolini was just not very nice."

[Drake Tungsten]

CitR doesn't suck. Twilight sucks. CitR is just alright.

I'd much rather read about gay vampires seducing stupid teenage girls than read Holden Caulfield call one more person a "goddam poser".

[Elok]

Yeah. What a crumby book.

[Grandpa Troll]

Is sophomoric supposed to be an insult to the work?

It's only sold 65 million copies worldwide... won numerous awards... many of the most knowledgable experts call it a great work... Many other great writers call his work inspirational and key to their own work... But I guess your opinion outweighs all the real experts in this field.

If you don't like it, that's your opinion.. that's fine. But most of the rest of the experts think it's a great work, and I happen to agree with them.

As a hack writer over the years, I too found it an inspiration.

Im glad you saw the same Ming

Many experts who judge did so accordingly and found him an inspiration.

Gramps

[Drake Tungsten]

Who the **** cares what baby boomer "experts" think about anything? Your entire generation is culturally bankrupt.

[Ming]

I'm sure that many of your contemporaries would say it's a good book as well. I guess it's only those who are intellecturaliy challenged that can't see the value of his work.

[Theben]

His writing style reminds me of that Brandon fellow. You know, the one you got along with so well in the Civ IV forums...

[Elok]

I'm sure that many of your contemporaries would say it's a good book as well. I guess it's only those who are intellecturaliy challenged that can't see the value of his work.

I take great pride in my status as an intellectural, actualiy. And that book had substantial value. As compost. Holden is one of the most unlikeable characters ever to ruin American fiction, and his eyeballs-deep-in-entitlement story says nothing meaningful about life as a teenager, an American, or a human being.