An introduction and a farewell...

Intel98@aol.com
Thu, 23 Oct 1997 13:35:43 -0400 (EDT)

   I am new to Bananafish, and this will be my only post, as I have an
enormous respect for the sanctity of the author. As an aspiring writer, I
look at JDS' career as a guide for how I'd want things to evolve for myself,
if I cold be so fortunate....

  I am 31 (Seymour's age at time of suicide) and I got reacquainted with
Catcher in
 the Rye 6 months ago. I am consumed with it; I see so much "selling out" in
the
 world today that I am repulsed by it. Everyone needs to sell out, of course,
but I see a better way.... 

   Earlier this month, I found on the Web an interesting piece of reading; it
came from a movie that couldn't have been conceived without Catcher. I don't
want to violate the first disclaimer of this discussion group by posting it.
But it has inspired me to try and create a world in which HC would have
enjoyed very much, a world which couldn't have been possible just a few years
ago. And I feel that this idea might appeal to anyone who takes the TIME (the
most undervalued asset in all of creation) to be a part of this discussion
group. 

    If anyone would like to Email me, I can forward this piece of writing
that I mentioned, and I can elaborate on my ideas. Please do not communicate
with me through Bananafish; I will continue to subscribe but I just want my
privacy right now, which is what every writer should have. Thanks very
much....   DJS