Talk:J. D. Salinger
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Is there any backup for the assertion that he continued to write novels?
Were the letters published? or the stories, for that matter? my understanding was that the letters were protected under copyright and that therefore the author of the book about Salinger had to paraphrase, and that was where the matter last stood. I'm looking to see if that decision was overturned.
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What I'm finding indicates that the decision was not overturned, for that to have happened, it would have had to go before the Supreme Court and did not. So the result is that while you may own a letter from, say, John Irving, Irving owns the language in it; if you wish to discuss it without his permission you have to paraphrase. Argh, some fair use that is.
The privacy-obsessed should note that while Salinger was concerned about these old letters which showed how he was 40 or 50 years ago, an unintended side effect of Salinger's suit (intended to protect his privacy) was that a lot of detail of Salinger's current and very much private life became irrevocably public (his testimony, and everyone else's, was transribed and made available in print to anyone at all who wanted a look). Some of that info included that he had written at least two novels and several stories. Anyway, but so to see those letters, eh? Some of them were to Hemingway....
Rather interesting discussion here (http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?salesurl=Ishop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp&isbn=0765541394&displayonly=authorInterview), for anyone interested. --KQ
This article needs editing. It is badly written and repetitive in places, and some of the "facts" I am dubious about. Hayford Peirce 20:09, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Matt Salinger
An anon user doubted the article's claim that Matt Salinger is the son of JD Salinger. I don't personally know whether that claim is correct or not, but various source seem to substantiate the claim:
If someone has evidence that the claim is false, please post it. In the mean time, I've removed the anon user's comment. Neilc 18:36, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Uneditable
The page is uneditable and needs Finding Forrester as a link. Cokehabit 20:14, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
The truth is out there!
This Salinger guy was a CIA operative agent and wrote the book for the agency's purposes. Why is this not mentioned?