S'long Gore - RIP

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01 Aug 2012, 12:06 pm

American author Gore Vidal has passed on from a bout of pneumonia. One genuine class act, great writer of fiction and non-fiction, and an early champion of gay rights now belongs to the ages.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

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01 Aug 2012, 1:12 pm

I always found him overly smug and pretentious, like he was more concerned about appearing brilliant than allowing his writing to speak for itself.

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01 Aug 2012, 2:03 pm

again_with_this wrote:

I always found him overly smug and pretentious, like he was more concerned about appearing brilliant than allowing his writing to speak for itself.

I never met a humble writer that was successful. I'm sure there are, but I think publishing ones thoughts, I'd have to feel pretty sure of myself too.

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01 Aug 2012, 4:04 pm

Very talented he was, but he was also a snippy bitchy git.

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01 Aug 2012, 6:26 pm

So long dear Gore....

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01 Aug 2012, 9:39 pm

Sucks to die of pneumonia of all things, it must have hurt like hell.

I didn't know he wrote fiction. Now I'm curious. <.<

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01 Aug 2012, 10:32 pm

LennytheWicked wrote:

Sucks to die of pneumonia of all things, it must have hurt like hell.

I didn't know he wrote fiction. Now I'm curious. <.<

I've had pneumonia a couple times, and it sucked. Lungs full of phlegm so you can't breathe - hated it.

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06 Aug 2012, 8:20 am

The greatest critic of the USA!
It's a shame that he is virtually unknown in his own country
It will take a hundred years before the depth of his insight is absorbed into the cultural soul of the U.S.
...probably less in other countries.

:salut:

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07 Aug 2012, 5:20 pm

syzygyish wrote:

he is virtually unknown in his own country

:salut:

That's 100% true - just a few books by him are translated in here; I read only his Live from Golgotha and I liked it very much; one of my most favorite books.

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08 Aug 2012, 3:27 am

he was the only one capable of making buckley lose his cool on tv.

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08 Aug 2012, 3:53 am

auntblabby wrote:

he was the only one capable of making buckley lose his cool on tv.

That's cool.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

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08 Aug 2012, 4:01 am

Kraichgauer wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

he was the only one capable of making buckley lose his cool on tv.

That's cool.

on "firing line" gore called buckley a "crypto nazi" which made buckley flush red and call gore a "goddamned fa***t" and then threaten him with physical violence, using language to the effect of "...and when i punch somebody they stay punched!"

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08 Aug 2012, 5:50 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYymnxoQnf8[/youtube]

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08 Aug 2012, 10:23 am

I could watch him talk all the live long day! :lol:

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08 Aug 2012, 12:21 pm

auntblabby wrote:

Kraichgauer wrote:

auntblabby wrote:

he was the only one capable of making buckley lose his cool on tv.

That's cool.

That's hilarious! :lol:

Only Gore could throw Buckley off his game.

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08 Aug 2012, 12:22 pm

syzygyish wrote:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYymnxoQnf8[/youtube]

Thanks! I had to see it to believe it!

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

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