Re: first-timer
Tim O'Connor (tim@roughdraft.org)
Mon, 26 Jan 1998 17:15:05 -0600
Welcome to the list, Rachel!
> I read CATCHER in middle school but rediscovered it over my Christmas
>break
> and have since read everything I could get my hands on (NINE STORIES, RAISE
> HIGH..., and FRANNY AND ZOOEY.)....I am particularly in love with FRANNY AND
> ZOOEY and saught a mailing list when everyone whom I recommended it to
>thought
> it was "too digressive".
> I'm hoping that there are other books to read by Salinger....what are his
> short stories for the "New Yorker" like? What's the best way to go about
> getting my hands on them? Does everyone else love Franny and Zooey as
>much as I
> do?
Unfortunately, you seem to have read all the regularly published material.
But if you point your browser at Stephen Foskett's excellent page, you'll
find pointers to a lot of uncollected material, much of which may be
available through your library. You can get there by pointing to:
http://www.concentric.net/~Sfoskett/jds/index.html
What was it like for you to read Catcher some period of time after your
initial exposure to it? Did you like it more, or less? I did exactly
this; I at first thought it was a boy's book about sports (about some kind
of underdog baseball catcher), and read it and loved it, but eventually
rediscovered it and had myself quite a reading binge.
--tim o'connor