missing in action

[calimac]

At the time of J.D. Salinger's death, I remarked that I'd never read any of his work. I have occasionally wondered, though, over the years, what it would be like to be a Salinger fan: to admire great work that came out a long time ago, and the author is still around and in good health, but he hasn't published anything in ages and is just ... hiding out somewhere, in cryptic silence, and nobody ever comes out, and nobody ever goes in.

Well, as I realized when Mark Evanier alluded to Salinger in linking to this little article, I am the fan of such an author.

Comments

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

It was wise to stop that strip. That need not mean stopping writing altogether, nor reclusiveness. See my comment to stevegreen above.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

Cf too C. S. Lewis on why he didn't write more Narnia books. Words to the effect of: "There are two times to stop writing: before everyone is sick of it, or after."