Gore Vidal

[freetobegay]

Have you heard of him? What an awesome man!

In case you haven't heres a link.


http://www.pitt.edu/~kloman/vidalframe.html

[Cleita]

1. You're talking about one of my favorite authors.

Yes, I have heard of him.

[freetobegay]

2. I hate to look stupid here, but

I only became acquainted with his writings last month!

I feel like such an idiot!

[Cleita]

4. Welcome to the fan club.

I didn't discover him until I was in my thirties. I wish there were more like him.

[Gothic Sponge]

5. Gore Vidal is great

Don't feel like an idiot. We all can't keep up with everything, and everyone.

[bpilgrim]

8. you should feel lucky

and pour another shot ;-> :beer:

definately one of the ones who remind me of that quote... 'we read to know we are not alone' - or insane, i would add

:hi:

peace

[PassingFair]

13. Not only is he smart...

but I believe he's gay. AND a close relation to our very own Al Gore!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

3. Hell yes. See the Movie Bob Roberts

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103850/

[MallRat]

21. I can't watch Bob Roberts again...

I saw it when it first came out. Brilliant- in fact, so brilliant that it elicited genuine anger and disgust from me. For nearly a year, I couldn't look at Tim Robbins without differentiating between the actor and the character.

But now, I don't think I could bear to watch it in our current political climate. I was disgusted with the film in '92. I might be capable of violence against my television in '04.

I'll stick with other titles in the Robbins collection. "Cradle Will Rock" is highly underrated.

Um, wait... we were talking about Gore Vidal, right? :crazy:

-MR

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

25. Yeah - Gore Vidal played the incumbent Tim Robbins' character ran against

and he had some VERY memorable lines.

[swag]

6. Yes, he's quite wonderful

Here are my personal lists:

Best Books:
"United States (collected essays)"
"The Last Empire (More recent essays)"
"Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace (Much DU grist first harvested here)
"Dreaming War: Blood for Oil and the Bush=Cheney Junta"

Best Novels:
"Myra Breckenridge" (NECESSARY FOR 60S SCHOLARS)
"Kalki"

[Kool Kitty]

9. OMG! I love "Kalki".

I've never known anyone but me that has ever read it. (I also liked "Live From Golgotha", but "Kalki" is my fave.)

If anyone else is interested and you either live in the tri-state area (NJ-NY-CONN) or want to listen on the 'net, Gore Vidal is going to be on WBAI 99.5FM (or www.wbai.org) this coming Sunday morning at 11:00 AM EDT.

[DAGDA56]

10. Thanks for the heads up....he is one writer...

...who is as good to listen to as he is to read...

[David Zephyr]

15. I Have A Signed First Edition, Kool Kitty.

I imposed on poor Gore at the LA Book Festival where he was signing. He signed my Kalki (which is one of his best, yet overlooked, in my opinion). He also signed my Myra Breckenridge and Myron first editions.

[Kool Kitty]

16. Oh, how cool is that?

(I think this book is terribly overlooked, too. I always thought it would make a good film, given the right director and stars.) I'm jealous! ;-)

[David Zephyr]

18. Mick Jagger

Jagger was once casts to be Kalki and I'm with you. I loved that book, the lesbian pilots, the dinner at the White House and Maxim's.

It truly was Gore at his best.

You are one of the only people I've ever heard rave about it. So we will always have Kalki, Kool Kitty.

[Kool Kitty]

19. And don't forget "Frida"!

Jagger would have been good as Kalki, I think. This is one of the only books that I re-read at least once a year.

[David Zephyr]

24. Yes, We Do Always Have Frida.

I'd forgotten our shared passions.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

17. Quit making me feel old....

I read Myra, Myron and Kalki in the 60's and early Seventies. I blame Vidal and Vonnegut for turning me into an "honorable mention" DU dummy.

[Kool Kitty]

20. The very LAST thing you are is a dummy.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

23. Hehe. Thanks, I was talking about a badge of honor after being mentioned

on a silly site that does not agree with our opinions here.

:toast:

[DAGDA56]

7. Vidal fans all have their favorites...

...the guys been creating since the end of World War II...the favorites that immediately come to my mind are his historical fictions of Burr and Lincoln and a superior science fiction novel called Smithsonian Institution.

[Zinfandel]

11. I voted for him in the primaries for US Senator vs. Jerry Brown in CA

I've been a huge fan ever since.

[chaska]

12. He makes one hell of a shampoo too.

Ha!!! :^) Gotcha.

[Veggie Meathead]

14. I consider Gore Vidal our greatest living writer. His elegant prose

and his ability to see through our rulers make him an invaluable
resource to all of us at DU.When you read the labored writings of rightwing hacks and compare it with Gore Vidal's elegant and clear writing, you are seeing the living proof of Orwell's dictum that the corruption of a political system starts with the corruption of
language.We are fortunate to have Vidal on our side.Wish William Shirer was also alive to dissect the diseased state of our system.
These two men are my favorites.

[mountainvue]

22. Isn't he related to Al Gore

besides being a wonderful author? He rocked on Bill Maher's show recnetly.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

26. Have I heard of him? Is the Pope Catholic?

I thought everyone whos into politics and literature has heard of old Gore.

I havn't read his fiction, but love his essays.

[greenbriar]

27. he was on Bill Mahr

and is awesome quick with one-liners that cut right to the gop quick:)

[TimMooring]

28. He was on Bill Maher recently

Great show. Tore into bush in his inimitable style.
He's a Stepping Razor and Dangerous!