I saw it too and winced...at least the tombostone lacked a "jd"...I liked this XFile show though...will On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, m.e. pierce wrote: > > > Craig Bergeron wrote: > > > Although I don't often watch the show X-files, I did happen to catch > > the new one tonight. It was about a writer and his imagination and > > there was a reference to Salinger in the show. > > I thought I had become obsessed with Salinger when I made the same > observations while watching the x-files this week. But I see that I am > not alone! > > And I don't think we are reading too much into that one brief glimpse of > the Salinger tombstone. The camera seemed determined to direct our > attention to his name. Plus, the reclusive, Budhist-like writer even > looked like a young Salinger (minus the beard). > -- > M.E. Pierce > Dept. of English, SFASU > http://TITAN.SFASU.EDU/~f_pierceme/ > "Are you a nobody too?" --The Belle of Amherst > > >