July 1st, 2009 / 7:45 pm
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Check out these lame ass books.

24 Comments

  1. July 2nd, 2009 / 4:39 am Sabra Embury—
  2. July 2nd, 2009 / 12:39 am Sabra Embury—
  3. July 2nd, 2009 / 4:47 am Sabra Embury—

      Soft Skull Press: “J.D. Salinger sues no-name/would-be Swedish sequel writer and wins. The first amendment corrodes further. And methinks that when this book does make it here—which it eventually will, even in pirated internet copies—this lawsuit and news coverage will have had the polar-opposite effect intended. Justice is served?”

      The first amendment corrodes further? That doesn’t sound right to me. In fact, that kind of sounds like backwards brainwashed propaganda. I’m not sure.

  4. July 2nd, 2009 / 12:47 am Sabra Embury—

      Soft Skull Press: “J.D. Salinger sues no-name/would-be Swedish sequel writer and wins. The first amendment corrodes further. And methinks that when this book does make it here—which it eventually will, even in pirated internet copies—this lawsuit and news coverage will have had the polar-opposite effect intended. Justice is served?”

      The first amendment corrodes further? That doesn’t sound right to me. In fact, that kind of sounds like backwards brainwashed propaganda. I’m not sure.

  5. July 2nd, 2009 / 4:51 am Sabra Embury—

      That guy tried to basically steal & monstrously transmogrify Salinger’s characters to make a profit, right?

      Fuck it. These mixed reviews don’t make sense unless there are masses completely tapped for inspiration calling out some first amendment crap.

  6. July 2nd, 2009 / 12:51 am Sabra Embury—

      That guy tried to basically steal & monstrously transmogrify Salinger’s characters to make a profit, right?

      Fuck it. These mixed reviews don’t make sense unless there are masses completely tapped for inspiration calling out some first amendment crap.

  7. July 2nd, 2009 / 6:19 am j.d. salinger—

      sweet post, jimmy. can’t wait to read STAR POWER.

  8. July 2nd, 2009 / 2:19 am j.d. salinger—

      sweet post, jimmy. can’t wait to read STAR POWER.

  9. July 2nd, 2009 / 6:40 am Sabra Embury—

      No offense, Jimmy. I think you’re rad.

  10. July 2nd, 2009 / 2:40 am Sabra Embury—

      No offense, Jimmy. I think you’re rad.

  11. July 2nd, 2009 / 7:32 am PHM—

      Word.

  12. July 2nd, 2009 / 3:32 am PHM—

      Word.

  13. July 2nd, 2009 / 7:37 am PHM—

      Glorified fan-fiction, maybe, but it’s not the same as plagiarism or infringement on intellectual property, I don’t think. These concepts are still gray in my head. I don’t feel too strongly in the establishments direction or the producer’s direction. It’s because I tend to believe that most of the people who deserve to succeed will and the rest of it is cause for pity parties. But that’s not even a hard-line statement coming from me. It’s how I feel at this time. At another time I might have felt that file-sharing was the future of media. And I still think it’s a valid method, as the internet gets bigger and people are forced to tighten their circles so their information is limited–thus, to get to the average reader you must somehow reach their friends or trust services, and file-sharing is one way to do that… Very unclear, surely, but anyway: what the guy did wasn’t all that you or Salinger is cracking it up to be, from my understanding. Salinger is basically is basically an asshole in my opinion. I’d love to be the first person to scan and perfect his digital memoriam for Gutenberg once Catcher in the Rye reaches the public domain, but I probably won’t still be alive. I think he’s intentionally staying alive forever so he can prevent his work from ever reaching the internet outside of soundbites.

  14. July 2nd, 2009 / 3:37 am PHM—

      Glorified fan-fiction, maybe, but it’s not the same as plagiarism or infringement on intellectual property, I don’t think. These concepts are still gray in my head. I don’t feel too strongly in the establishments direction or the producer’s direction. It’s because I tend to believe that most of the people who deserve to succeed will and the rest of it is cause for pity parties. But that’s not even a hard-line statement coming from me. It’s how I feel at this time. At another time I might have felt that file-sharing was the future of media. And I still think it’s a valid method, as the internet gets bigger and people are forced to tighten their circles so their information is limited–thus, to get to the average reader you must somehow reach their friends or trust services, and file-sharing is one way to do that… Very unclear, surely, but anyway: what the guy did wasn’t all that you or Salinger is cracking it up to be, from my understanding. Salinger is basically is basically an asshole in my opinion. I’d love to be the first person to scan and perfect his digital memoriam for Gutenberg once Catcher in the Rye reaches the public domain, but I probably won’t still be alive. I think he’s intentionally staying alive forever so he can prevent his work from ever reaching the internet outside of soundbites.

  15. July 2nd, 2009 / 3:23 pm pr—

      Sabra-
      I posted about this story
      http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2009/06/22/090622fi_fiction_gautreaux
      It is about a character, Obadiah Elilue, from Parker’s Back by O’Connor. It’s good, I think. So, I’m not with Salinger on this.
      Also, have you read Tintin in the New World? Maybe I’ll post about it. In it, Tuten takes Tintin, has him grow up and hang out with characters from Thoman Mann’s the Magic Mountain.

  16. July 2nd, 2009 / 11:23 am pr—

      Sabra-
      I posted about this story
      http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2009/06/22/090622fi_fiction_gautreaux
      It is about a character, Obadiah Elilue, from Parker’s Back by O’Connor. It’s good, I think. So, I’m not with Salinger on this.
      Also, have you read Tintin in the New World? Maybe I’ll post about it. In it, Tuten takes Tintin, has him grow up and hang out with characters from Thoman Mann’s the Magic Mountain.

  17. July 2nd, 2009 / 6:07 pm Sabra Embury—

      Seems like Salinger became an Objectivist somewhere along the line of not wanting to deal with criticism; he let himself become selfish knowing he invented a unique formula that reaks aesthetic value. Perhaps he’s protecting his name, his characters, maybe he has postmortem plans to publish his own continued glimpses and is trying to avoid bastardization which could cause confusion in his legacy.

      I can’t speak for that guy, though. All I know is I really enjoy his stories and wish there were more.

  18. July 2nd, 2009 / 2:07 pm Sabra Embury—

      Seems like Salinger became an Objectivist somewhere along the line of not wanting to deal with criticism; he let himself become selfish knowing he invented a unique formula that reaks aesthetic value. Perhaps he’s protecting his name, his characters, maybe he has postmortem plans to publish his own continued glimpses and is trying to avoid bastardization which could cause confusion in his legacy.

      I can’t speak for that guy, though. All I know is I really enjoy his stories and wish there were more.

  19. July 2nd, 2009 / 6:09 pm Sabra Embury—

      I’m going to read that story, pr. The first page is great. Thanks. Haven’t read Tintin.

  20. July 2nd, 2009 / 2:09 pm Sabra Embury—

      I’m going to read that story, pr. The first page is great. Thanks. Haven’t read Tintin.

  21. July 2nd, 2009 / 7:03 pm Jimmy Chen—

      thanks Sabra.
      fyi your twitter link page does not exist.
      are you like john cage or something?

  22. July 2nd, 2009 / 3:03 pm Jimmy Chen—

      thanks Sabra.
      fyi your twitter link page does not exist.
      are you like john cage or something?

  23. July 2nd, 2009 / 7:58 pm Sabra Embury—

      I had to Wikipedia John Cage.

  24. July 2nd, 2009 / 3:58 pm Sabra Embury—

      I had to Wikipedia John Cage.