The Seymour/RHtR Cover
anaconda (anaconda@wwa.com)
Tue, 07 Oct 1997 19:35:25 -0400
Well, this afternoon I finally gave in to the thought that I will
never find my copy of Raise High The Roof Beam/Seymour and need
to purchase a new copy.
During the past few days a few things surprised me: No luck
finding Salinger books in the used stores anymore. That might
be good in that everyone keeps theirs, or bad in that the schools
aren't using Salinger in their curriculums.
Secondly, the covers of the Salinger books are completely empty
of anything. I suppose it has been some time since I have bought
Salinger new, and these might have been around for awhile, but what
an awful thing Time-Warner has done to the Salinger books. None of
them portray any personality whatsoever.
Finally, I found it nice, as well as odd, that I bought one of my
favorite author's works new for less than the price of a terribly
cliche movie. What does that say about our society as readers?
<rhetorical> Of course this is preaching to the converted :}
Oh yeah...and lest I forget, one of the neatest intros to a book:
"If there is an amateur reader still left in the world - or anybody
who just reads and runs - I ask him or her, with untellable affection and
gratitude, to split the dedication of this book four ways with my
wife and children."
Not only does he make me feel welcome as an "amateur reader" but his -way-
of dedicating the book to his family is just so, well, J.D. Salinger :}
-bob
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