tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post3205601504508637938..comments2024-03-18T20:00:47.729-05:00Comments on Book Chase: Happy Birthday, J.D. SalingerSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-62236412756996286162011-06-28T17:02:29.018-05:002011-06-28T17:02:29.018-05:00I think the difference between me and a whore, Seb...I think the difference between me and a whore, Sebastian, is that a whore gets paid...not a whole lot of cash in blogging the way I do it.<br /><br />I do admire your passion about Sallinger because I am equally passionate about the things and people I love. What I do here is simply give my frank opinion and reaction to the books, writers, and music that I experience. I don't expect Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-58360376729016169942011-06-28T16:49:05.131-05:002011-06-28T16:49:05.131-05:00Last post written on an iPad which doesn't lik...Last post written on an iPad which doesn't like to cooperate much. Sorry for missing words and typos - not My fault! :)Sebastian S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-58169378021513791652011-06-28T16:47:15.940-05:002011-06-28T16:47:15.940-05:00You people cannot be for real. Salinger may be bes...You people cannot be for real. Salinger may be best known for his Catcher in the Rye, but it is not remotely close to being his best work. The undeniable genius of Salinger flows freely through most of his published short stories - and these were published roughly ten years after Catcher... I highly recomend that all of you, blogger as well as commentators, reas his Nine Stories, Franny and Sebastian S.http://Ronib@live.senoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-39314895996466895182011-01-05T18:35:55.938-06:002011-01-05T18:35:55.938-06:00I think that "Catcher" is very much a bo...I think that "Catcher" is very much a book of its time, Kathleen, and that its impact probably lessens with each decade that passes. I do honestly believe that the book is overrated today and was even when first published.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-43288127449828322011-01-05T12:22:45.443-06:002011-01-05T12:22:45.443-06:00I was always fascinated by the idea that this auth...I was always fascinated by the idea that this author would produce such an impactful work of literature and then just virtually disappear. I finally read Catcher this past year and have to say I wasn't overly in awe of it. I supposed had I read it as a teenager I might have felt differently. I'm not sure that Salinger would have met with as much success if he had written more. I also Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739982274914536036noreply@blogger.com