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more about #catcherintherye tscheese: OKAY FINE. "O hai. Mai naem is Holden Catfield. Ur a krummy goddam foanie srsly. Schooling: FAIL! I goez to Noo Yorx to bish about things basically. I... more » hydrogen_jukebox: Well, duh. Everyone knows Holden gets diagnosed with schizophrenia, and spends the remainder of his days in a fifties-style "sanatorium", knocking bac... more » tscheese: I'm also increasingly sad that MY life's work, ALSO a Rye ripoff, will never be able to see the light of day. more » BlackFrancine: Actually, I read about this--and it doesn't sound like a sequel at all to me. I think the main problem was that they're advertising it as a sequel. Fr... more » morninggloria: You know, I never really gave much thought to what Holden would be doing with himself nowadays. I think he might be my office's really crabby IT guy. more » andBegorrah: And Sean Lennon breathes a sigh of relief. more » dianersb was bit by a zombie: Honest question, how is this different from any of the Jane Austen sequels? more » hortense: 99% of the time, "sequel" and "most beloved classics" do not belong in the same sentence. more » save jinger: This sounds like a crumby, goddamn phony of a book. more » megscissorhands: If J.D. Salinger testifies in open court, that will be The. Biggest. Deal. Ever. Anyone want to bet over/under the number of "Style"/"Life" section jo... more » kithkin: Does this mean J.D. will be leaving the house? more » rocknrollunicorn: 60 years later? A major part of Salinger's appeal (to me, at least) is the youth of his characters. I do not want to meet old Holden. This is a fuckin... more » tscheese: Little do you folks know that I'm in the market for this sort of thing too. Except more annoying and zeitgeisty. more » deitybox: You guys, I heard today that they're thinking of making a Heathers sequel. Fuck me gently with a chainsaw, indeed. more » lilbobbytables: Ok. Is any other Eyre fan hoping that this is the perfect marriage of Jane Eyre and The Naked Gun? If that is the case I am so in. I cannot even expre... more » Tu-lip: What about combining the classics? "Crime and Prejudice" by Jane Dostoyevsky? more » Wit is periodically disensouled: Well, to some extent this is a natural human reaction and should be taken as a compliment by the author that she or he created a work that lives on in... more » hydrogen_jukebox: Seriously, people. You need to stop. I just busted a rib trying not to laugh out loud in my catacomb of an office. This whole post wins my personal CO... more » BellaTricks: After Scarlett (the sequel to Gone With the Wind , not written by Margaret Mitchell), I'm surprised that ANYONE attempts to pen sequels to classic ... more » save jinger: I was at a bookstore recently and noticed an insane number of Jane Austen-inspired books. Good thing Jane didn't live to be 234. more » -
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Rye Ripoff Ruled "Problematic"
Judge Deborah Batts has ruled to place a temporary hold on the publication of novelist "J.D. California's" novel, 60 Years Later: Coming Through The Rye, which billed itself as "a marvelous sequel to one of our most beloved classics." [NYPost]
