Hello, and a small request

Matthew Schwarz (matt911@earthlink.net)
Sun, 04 Jan 1998 01:58:59 -0500

Hello everyone.

I just subscribed to this list today so I thought I would introduce myself.
 I've been really getting into Salinger these last few months.  I read the
Catcher In The Rye last year and loved it, then this year decided to try
some of his other work.  I read the first few pages of "A Perfect Day For a
Bananafish" in Barnes and Nobles and realized that while it may not be
Holden, it sure is good.  Now I love the Glass's just as much as the
Caulfields.  I read Nine Stories, Franny and Zooey, and am now in the
middle of Seymour-An Introduction (and that is the order I would recommend
anyone who has not read them to read them in).

Now to my request, there is one quote in the Catcher in the Rye that I
kindly ask someone to send to me. In truth, I only want to read the
sentance or two that it is to my girlfriend because I feel that it is one
of the best quotes about teenage romance I've ever read.  

The quote that I want is when Holden discusses what it was like holding
hands with Sally.  About how they would just hold hands for hours and it
didn't matter if they were sweaty or not etc...

Before, after only one message, I am thrown off this list, I note that I
have read the following from the initial list welcome message:
"Please do not post copyrighted material to the list.  Please!
Anyone who posts substantial passages (or any unpublished work)
by J.D. Salinger may be removed as a subscriber.

"Bananafish" exists to discuss Salinger's work, not to 
distribute Salinger's or anyone else's writing without 
permission.  (We can't predict the responses of other writers, 
but Salinger has made it clear that he will not tolerate 
unauthorized reproduction of his work, and we don't want 
this list to end up tossed in the proverbial garbage can, or
for any of us involved to end up in a legal quagmire.)"

Being as I only subscribed 10 minutes ago, I have not recieved any messages
so don't know if "substantial passages" means "all quotes" or "quotes over
3 sentances" or whatever the policy is.  So if it is against the rules,
then simply don't send the quote!  It's not worth being thrown off of what
seems to be a wonderful discussion group of the works of a man quickly
becoming my favorite author.  If you can, then I just ask what page the
quote can be found on, I'll make a trip to my local library and look it up
myself.

Thanks alot, I hope I have not overfilled my first (hopefully of many)
message to this list.

Thanks in advance for all that you can do,
Matt