Unpublished J. D. Salinger Stories Leaked On Bittorrent Site 218
192_kbps writes "Catcher in the Rye author J. D. Salinger wrote the short story The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls and left depository copies with a few academic libraries with the understanding that the work would not see mass distribution until the mid-21st century. The only authorized place to read the story is in a special reading room at Princeton where electronics are not allowed and a librarian continuously babysits the reader. A PDF of the story, as well as two other unpublished stories, appeared on private bittorrent site what.cd where a huge bounty had been placed for the work. Incredibly, the uploader (or someone connected to the uploader) bought an unauthorized copy on eBay for a pittance. The file, Three Stories, is making the bittorrent rounds but can also be read on mediafire."
Links (Score:5, Informative)
https://kickass.to/three-stories-j-d-salinger-pdf-t8257205.html [kickass.to]
https://torcache.net/torrent/ED8F9DE4B9151B3B0E5B998CAF7A124E9E7B0E17.torrent?title=%5Bkickass.to%5Dthree.stories.j.d.salinger.pdf [torcache.net]
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Slashdot fucks up magnet links, but the hash is right there: ED8F9DE4B9151B3B0E5B998CAF7A124E9E7B0E17
Re:Thank Goodness... (Score:4, Informative)
No, his heirs do, for a time at least. See also: Christopher Tolkein.
Re:Overrated (Score:2, Informative)
As a foreigner, I'd never heard of Salinger or Catcher in the Rye. When I first made it to the US, my friend gave me the book: "You HAVE to read that". I was underwhelmed and to this day still do not understand what all the fuss is about. A story about a whiney teenager with too much money for his own good ? This describe America pretty well to me !!!
It's not my favorite book either but I think if that's your take away from the book then you missed the point of it. It's a criticism of several facets of American society. Use google or wikipedia for better detailed literary analysis than I can do.
Re:That's terrible... Salinger won't write any mor (Score:2, Informative)
Didn't stop Tupac.