J.D Salinger has died

[Points Askew]

I personally thought catcher in the rye was crap some posh boy barely rebeling from what i can remember.

[Clemence]

i had to read it for gcse english lit and i remember the character bein well moody and nothin really happenin and it bein shit too 

[Android Lloyd Webber]

Just in case anyone has skipped the first post, and the second, and glanced down here first, be it by accident or on purpose, I feel it my duty to inform you, before you look back up and read what has come before, to brace yourself: this thread contains insightful critique.

[Hooty]

Just in case anyone has skipped the first post, and the second, and glanced down here first, be it by accident or on purpose, I feel it my duty to inform you, before you look back up and read what has come before, to brace yourself: this thread contains insightful critique.

Just what I was thinking.

[Signor Lupo]

A+

[Points Askew]

Just in case anyone has skipped the first post, and the second, and glanced down here first, be it by accident or on purpose, I feel it my duty to inform you, before you look back up and read what has come before, to brace yourself: this thread contains insightful critique.

  read my full review on http://www.themacuser.org/ 

[simba]

Just in case anyone has skipped the first post, and the second, and glanced down here first, be it by accident or on purpose, I feel it my duty to inform you, before you look back up and read what has come before, to brace yourself: this thread contains insightful critique.

Just what I was thinking.

 

[Dan Alive!]

Just in case anyone has skipped the first post, and the second, and glanced down here first, be it by accident or on purpose, I feel it my duty to inform you, before you look back up and read what has come before, to brace yourself: this thread contains insightful critique.

  read my full review on http://www.themacuser.org/ 

You could probably nsfw that with little extra effort. 

[simba]

Just in case anyone has skipped the first post, and the second, and glanced down here first, be it by accident or on purpose, I feel it my duty to inform you, before you look back up and read what has come before, to brace yourself: this thread contains insightful critique.

  read my full review on http://www.themacuser.org/ 

You could probably nsfw that with little extra effort. 

Yup cheers for that!

[Clemence]

Just in case anyone has skipped the first post, and the second, and glanced down here first, be it by accident or on purpose, I feel it my duty to inform you, before you look back up and read what has come before, to brace yourself: this thread contains insightful critique.

roflmao, apologies! i was in a bad mood yesterday... probably could have worded my first post slightly more intelligently...

[Points Askew]

Just in case anyone has skipped the first post, and the second, and glanced down here first, be it by accident or on purpose, I feel it my duty to inform you, before you look back up and read what has come before, to brace yourself: this thread contains insightful critique.

  read my full review on http://www.themacuser.org/ 

You could probably nsfw that with little extra effort. 

  sorry but it wouldn't of had the same effect!

[simba]

Just in case anyone has skipped the first post, and the second, and glanced down here first, be it by accident or on purpose, I feel it my duty to inform you, before you look back up and read what has come before, to brace yourself: this thread contains insightful critique.

  read my full review on http://www.themacuser.org/ 

You could probably nsfw that with little extra effort. 

  sorry but it wouldn't of had the same effect!

What risking a bollocking from work for looking at wrong pictures?

[paddington]

here is what bret easton ellis had to say about it on his twitter page

"Yeah!! Thank God he's finally dead. I've been waiting for this day for-fucking-ever. Party tonight!!! " http://twitter.com/eastonellis

[Ewan Hoozami]

Who the fuck is Bret Easton ellis?

Also, loved that book when I was a teen, RIP the Salinger 

[Skippy]

Who the fuck is Bret Easton ellis?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Easton_Ellis 

[tko]

Who the fuck is Bret Easton ellis?

Wrote American Psycho amongst over books.

American Psycho is a great book, not read any Sallinger, should I bother?

[Points Askew]

American Psycho is a great book, not read any Sallinger, should I bother?

No I read Catcher when i was about 13 my teacher gave it to me to read as i was a naughty/troubled/rebelious kid I read it and thought my life is far more interesting than that posh boys, i went back to it a couple of years ago and it had the same effect.

[SKG116]

Possibly the most overated novel of all time.

[Block Party]

Who the fuck is Bret Easton ellis?

Wrote American Psycho amongst over books.

American Psycho is a great book

The Informers is also a great book, it was turned into a film, but didn't make much impact here. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0865554/ I've not seen it, but I'm curious to see how a bunch of short stories can be made into a film.

American Psycho is a great book also. I recently re-read Less than Zero, which may also be re-made, rumour had it that Tarantino was going to do it, but nothing further seems to have happened, so I imagine it is just a rumour. I really like the original film.

I've seen some of Rules of Attraction, but never got all the way through it. I liked the fact that it has that guy form Dawson's Creek in it, playing a qunt.

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Yeah go for it.  It's one of my favourite "what the fuck is the point" books.  It's not very long either so you won't feel like you've wasted too much time if you don't like it.

[paddington]

the sequel to less than zero is on its way. american psycho is very good,  i think less than zero is overrated and is certainly no gatsby. however catcher in the rye is much better than all of these

[Android Lloyd Webber]

Who the fuck is Bret Easton ellis?

Wrote American Psycho amongst over books.

American Psycho is a great book, not read any Sallinger, should I bother?

Yeah, I reckon. I haven't read it since I was 12/13 or so, but I remember it making me feel weird for about a week after I finished it. Might not have quite the same effect now that I've been roundly desensitised by the internet.

[Block Party]

i think less than zero is overrated and is certainly no gatsby.

The book isn't particulary well written, but Brett Easton Ellis was still at college when he wrote it. I like the vapid subject matter.

Brett Easton Ellis uses characters from one book and moves them into the next book, but not in a sequel way, the books have no relation to each other, just some people pop up in them, like Sean Batemen in Rules of Attraction, who's brother is the central character in American Psycho and Sean turns up briefly in that book.

[pno]

that was the last book I read (again - after reading it some years ago)...

quite liked it myself

[steve rice]

I read it when i was in my early twenties and i thought it was a pretty good read...i liked Holden Caulfield and while nobody gets there lungs ripped out it is a good tale..very similar in feel to the Great Gatsby..evocative of an era

"when a body sees a body coming through the rye"

trouble with young people today is that they are cunts

[Dan Alive!]

Well I've learned something today.... According to the content of his twitter feed Brett Easton Ellis is the world's most boring, morose, midly homophobic douche-bag. Never read any Sallinger. Its got that whole link with serial killers, which makes a lot of people go "ooh it must be all deep and moody if it makes people kill". Whereas in reality this book tends to come highly recommended by self-absorbed, miserable little fucktards like Timothy McVeigh. So I figure its a book for cunts.

[sven]

Haven't read it since I was a teen but remember thinking Catcher was an amazing book.

American Psycho also great altho I did find myself skipping thru the lengthy descriptions of what shirt, jacket, tie, tie clip, etc everyone in the office was wearing after the first few times...

[Block Party]

Well I've learned something today.... According to the content of his twitter feed Brett Easton Ellis is the world's most boring, morose, midly homophobic douche-bag.

I've always thought Ellis was gay, but he appears to be bat for both sides.

[Ewan Hoozami]

trouble with young people today is that they are cunts

  You are so right Steve

[steve rice]

trouble with young people today is that they are cunts

  You are so right Steve

you'll find Adam, that i'm not generally very wide of the mark when it comes to sweeping generalisations


Big up J D Salinger

[Ewan Hoozami]

trouble with young people today is that they are cunts

  You are so right Steve

you'll find Adam, that i'm not generally very wide of the mark when it comes to sweeping generalisations


Big up J D Salinger

 

All generalizations are false, especially this one etc

[simba]

noone even bothered saying RIP in the thread yet!


 

[Ewan Hoozami]

Who the fuck is Bret Easton ellis?

Also, loved that book when I was a teen, RIP the Salinger 

 

[simba]

Who the fuck is Bret Easton ellis?

Also, loved that book when I was a teen, RIP the Salinger 

 

Yeah just saw that, one person though not alot!

[Ewan Hoozami]

Who the fuck is Bret Easton ellis?

Also, loved that book when I was a teen, RIP the Salinger 

 

Yeah just saw that, one person though not alot!

Yeah true. Quite surprised how many people hating on the book too! I guess it's probably only good when you're a teenager (and you'd probably need to be moderately intelligent and/or emotionally self-aware), but still - I remember it very fondly

[Hooner]

I guess it's probably only good when you're a teenager

I only got round to reading it for the first time last year, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

(although now I'm not sure if I should have enjoyed at the age of 32  )

[Points Askew]

Quite surprised how many people hating on the book too! I guess it's probably only good when you're a teenager (and you'd probably need to be moderately intelligent and/or emotionally self-aware), but still - I remember it very fondly

u sayinz i'm fick or sumfing?

[Ewan Hoozami]

Quite surprised how many people hating on the book too! I guess it's probably only good when you're a teenager (and you'd probably need to be moderately intelligent and/or emotionally self-aware), but still - I remember it very fondly

u sayinz i'm fick or sumfing?

  no comment

[Points Askew]

  I guess it's probably only good when you're a teenager (and you'd probably need to think your intelligent and/or emotionally self-obsessed),

fixed 

[Ewan Hoozami]

 I guess it's probably only good when you're a teenager (and you'd probably need to think you're intelligent and/or emotionally self-obsessed),

fixed  

FIXED  

Can anyone show me a teenager in Britain that  isn't self-obsessed?

[paddington]

RIP    91 years old. If you believe his daughter then maybe drinking your own piss is the secret for long life?

[Points Askew]

RIP    91 years old. If you believe his daughter then maybe drinking your own piss is the secret for long life?

aah now i get why ewan hoozami's such a fan

[Dan Alive!]

 I guess it's probably only good when you're a teenager (and you'd probably need to think you're intelligent and/or emotionally self-obsessed),

fixed  

FIXED  

Can anyone show me a teenager in Britain that  isn't self-obsessed?

Dead ones. Oh and those really fucking pious methodist christian ones who've had the upbringing from hell. But they'll get theirs, when they turn from "perfect" children to roaring fucking cunts of adults.

[Ewan Hoozami]

 I guess it's probably only good when you're a teenager (and you'd probably need to think you're intelligent and/or emotionally self-obsessed),

fixed  

FIXED  

Can anyone show me a teenager in Britain that  isn't self-obsessed?

Dead ones. Oh and those really fucking pious methodist christian ones who've had the upbringing from hell. But they'll get theirs, when they turn from "perfect" children to roaring fucking cunts of adults.

Don't even joke - my cousin has just turned into the most tedious, evangelical christi-anus ever - she's 19 and just gone to uni, joined some religious club and gone bananas. EVERY conversation apparently descends into "you're all sinners and you're going to hell unless you see the light of the lord" - even to my grandparents! 

[Dan Alive!]

Fucksocks.   As a wise man once said to me, you can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into. Fortunately you can ridicule them to the rest of the family whenever their back is turned.

edit: whats the crack? Is she hot? Cos maybe I could fix her for you.

[Points Askew]

edit: whats the crack? Is she hot? Cos maybe I could fix her for you.

see this is my problem i hate organised religions and people who follow them so blindly, but find religious girls hot.

[Dan Alive!]

edit: whats the crack? Is she hot? Cos maybe I could fix her for you.

see this is my problem i hate organised religions and people who follow them so blindly, but find religious girls hot.

Corrupting the corruptible is so much more fun than enjoying the already corrupted. 

[Hooner]

[Ewan Hoozami]

edit: whats the crack? Is she hot? Cos maybe I could fix her for you.

see this is my problem i hate organised religions and people who follow them so blindly, but find religious girls hot.

Corrupting the corruptible is so much more fun than enjoying the already corrupted. 

You are such a paedo

[Kitty]

  Loved Catcher in the Rye, RIP.