It should not be so hard to write both poetry and fiction. Both arts, after all, make use of the same materials, words and punctuation. Poems...
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I just finished reading 60 Years Later...so I feel that unlike the other reviewers, I have a basis to comment on.
Salinger should not be suing due to copyright infringement, rather he should be suing John David California for having such little talent, and WindUpBird Publishing for trying to cash in on the controversy this book was sure to stir up.
After 60 years of waiting for a follow-up we all knew would never come, to say the book is a let down is an understatement. Mr. California shows absolutely no talent for writing, story telling, nor for any imagination what so ever. If he only published this book for a quick buck, he succeeded. If he thought that he had a real story to tell, he is a dillusioned fool.
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60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye by John David California
chrisdeb1, June 21, 2009
I just finished reading 60 Years Later...so I feel that unlike the other reviewers, I have a basis to comment on.Salinger should not be suing due to copyright infringement, rather he should be suing John David California for having such little talent, and WindUpBird Publishing for trying to cash in on the controversy this book was sure to stir up.
After 60 years of waiting for a follow-up we all knew would never come, to say the book is a let down is an understatement. Mr. California shows absolutely no talent for writing, story telling, nor for any imagination what so ever. If he only published this book for a quick buck, he succeeded. If he thought that he had a real story to tell, he is a dillusioned fool.
(40 of 43 readers found this comment helpful)