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the defeatists! (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Albert Camus died in a car accident and was buried. The guy who wrote The Stranger and supposedly inspired George Bush to buy an dictionary so he could read it so he could pretend to have some depth, and who along with Holden Caufield inspired a generation of Catholic high school intellectual wannabes, and who looks better philosophically every day, wrote novels, articles, and philosophical...
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Pudgy Pigeon Enterprises (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
I find this article from the New York Times to be fascinating. Apparently, J.D. Salinger (now, age 90) has sued a Swedish author named Fredrik Colting (age 33) for copyright infringement. From what I can tell, Colting wrote a character that is presumed to be Holden Caufield at age 76. This character is referred to as Mr. C-- never Holden Caufield. Yet, it's apparent by the...
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Pudgy Pigeon Enterprises (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
In The Catcher and The Rye , a former teacher named Mr. Antolini allows Holden Caufield to crash at his house. Mr. Antolini gives him some drunken advice: "Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many,...
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YA Authors Cafe (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
... dinner with? All of them! But if I had to pick just a few, I'd say Aragorn from Lord of the Rings, Holden Caufield from Catcher in the Rye, Meg Murry and Calvin O'Keefe from A Wrinkle in Time. In ten words or less, what is the most "Beyond Reality" thing in your newest book? Nightshade, CA (where the DEAD IS books take place) is a pretty unreal place, so the abnormal is...
