[Brazelton] The Year of Death Continues - Harper Lee

[LittleKagsin]

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/02/harper_lee_dead_at_age_of_89_t.html

This one hits me in a weird spot.

For some reason I never saw her as a real person, always as like a figment of imagination, figment of life? I don't know, it's weird. I think I'm lucky in that I read To Kill a Mockingbird of my own accord before I was forced to do so - I think I was in 6th/7th grade when I read it. It feels like the passing of the last 'great' authors, you know? I know there are plenty of amazing ones currently, but they don't possess the majesty or prestige that comes to mind with Harper Lee - that rare kind of mystery.

Anyway, 2016, you're taking a lot of greats here, let's slow it down! Or, you know, stop altogether!

 

[strawman]

I read her books when I was a kid and assumed she was already gone simply because she wrote of a time period that was well before my time.

 

[LittleKagsin]

I read her books when I was a kid and assumed she was already gone simply because she wrote of a time period that was well before my time.

Mmm, indeed. I feel you.

 

[Emrys]

I love reading her books. They make me feel like I'm back in Mobile without the pain of actually being back in Mobile.

 

[Dave]

I've never read "To Kill A Mockingbird". I know. I'm a bad Dave.

 

[sixpackshaker]

I've never read "To Kill A Mockingbird". I know. I'm a bad Dave.

You were out of high school before it was published. So, I forgive you.

 

[Dave]

You were out of high school before it was published. So, I forgive you.

 

[Tress]

I've never read "To Kill A Mockingbird". I know. I'm a bad Dave.

It is one of the greatest books ever written, in my opinion. It's also an easy read. I highly recommend you get it and read it. Hell, send me your address and I'll mail you a copy free of charge.

 

[Celt Z]

Until the kerfuffle with Go Set a Watchman, I had assumed she had already past for the same reason as @stienman. To Kill a Mockingbird one of the few school-assigned books that still sticks with me after all these years. I'd recommend anyone who hasn't read it yet really should make some time to read it.

 

[blotsfan]

I've never read "To Kill A Mockingbird". I know. I'm a bad Dave.

Get a gun, wait for one to show up, shoot it.

 

[fade]

Well at least she doesn't have to deal with the crud they pushed out under her name recently.

 

[figmentPez]

like a figment of imagination, figment of life?

Did someone say my...

Oh, well now I'm embarrassed and sad.

 

[Hailey Knight]

Well at least she doesn't have to deal with the crud they pushed out under her name recently.

Wait, she didn't write it, just put her name on it?

 

[fade]

Well it's really just draft material for the early versions of Mockingbird. She wrote it but revised it out for good reasons.