Scottie B. writes: << I wonder why it is that LISTS always produce such a vigorous response ? >> My guess is that it's because those of us who are not exactly literary scholars (I'm a Political Science and History major myself) find it easier to debate the more broad topics of numerous works and authors in general than to discuss the specific literary details of individual ones. Its a lot easier to say that you prefer Ulysses to The Fountainhead because it's simply more entertaining (which it's not, but that's just an example...) than to analyze Joyce's (or in our case Salinger's) works. Oh well, just a thought... JD