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I recall reading some of his unpublished writings after they were leaked on what.cd, and I'm sure if you dig around some you'd be able to find mirrors somewhere on the web. Included in the leak was "The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls", the supposed prequel to "Catcher in the Rye". The leaker claimed something like a 6TB(!) bounty for leaking it too.


The discussion in that request thread about how to get the novel out of the reading room where one of the most entertaining ones I’ve read. I wish there was a backup.

People were going crazy with coming up with plans and spy grade equipment to take pictures. Good times.


There's a backup of the torrents somewhere. Couple of months ago an ex admin had released it. Like backup of the catalogue but not the items.


I was talking about the request thread itself. Forum posts, requests are not included in the dump.


WCD was in a way Library of Alexandria of the private tracker world. It was just too good and didn't last forever like any other good thing. The only sad part is that nothing, of similar calibre, came after that. Btw couldn't find the leak anywhere though - searched by his name.


It's the one place on the net I genuinely miss.


What a sad day for the internet. There is a place seeking to fill its shoes if you know where to look...


It's a happy memory now. Things shift and change. I satisfy my curiosity now thanks to that old and trusted friend slsk.




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