Subject: The best of the uncollected 22
From: Scott Wachtler (sfvat@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us)
Date: Thu May 22 1997 - 09:39:14 GMT
I'd have to say that my favorites of the 22 are The Inverted Forest, Go
See Eddie, The Heart Of A Broken Story, The Varioni Brothers, The Young
Folks, and The Last Day Of The Last Furlough. Being a short story writer
myself, I found these interesting in the fact that they show the
beginings of Salinger's talent as a writer. Out of that bunch, I'd
say that you're going to have the hardest time finding Go See
Eddie. It's almost impossable to find it in the Kanasas City Review
because I think I found that it wasn't around too long. You'll have a
better chance of finding it reprinted in the book Fiction: Form And
Experience. If anyone would like any tips on how to find these stories
let me know, but keep in mind I'd rather not make any photcopies. I think
that half the fun of these stories were going out and getting them. Does
anyone else who has them agree? I mean some of them are real dogs and I
don't blame JD for wanting them burried. Soft Boild Seargent and The Hang
of It, come to mind, but looking for them was still fun. I felt like some
kind of archaeologist unearthing some rare find. I only wish there were
22 more to find! BTW: Does anyone out there know of any other author who
has such a large collection of uncollected?
Someone on the list (Sorry I don't remember your name) said that she was
shocked to find that JD was published in Madamoiselle and Cosmopolitan.
You really shouldn't be. Until they both stopped doing fiction, those
magazines actuallly published some very GOOD fiction. Two modern authors
that come to mind that have published stories there are John Irving and
Michael Chabon. I agree that their articles run the gambit of being
stupid to downright dumb, but they used to have a very good reputation for
publishing fiction. Sadly, there are not that many "slicks" out there
anymore. Esquire, The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthy, Harpers, and a few of
the "Adult" magazines are really all that's left that do serious fiction.
I currently have been working on breaking into one of the big magazines
with some things I've written and have only been able to get in the Adult
market. (No, it isn't a porno story.) I would have been honored to get
something published in Madamoiselle or Cosmopolitan. Those slly articles
would be a step up from the 900 numbers that surounded my story. ;o)
I made an error in my last post about S-AI. I don't have the post
anymore, but while I was being facetious I said something about how Buddy
notices someones tight pedal pushers and the fact that Seymour kisses
Sybil's foot shows that Salinger has a foot fetish. Well, I realize that
pedal pushers are shorts and nothing to do with feet. I meant to say,
FACETIOUSLY remember, that he has a thing for little girls. Oh boy, I can
see it now, I'm getting myself in more trouble. Sorry for my confusion.
I wrote that post while I was suposed to be at work working so my thought
processes may have been off.
Scott Wachtler
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