Re: jack kerouac/terrible drafts
Thor Cameron (my_colours@hotmail.com)
Wed, 30 Jun 1999 08:47:40 -0700 (PDT)
Yeah, Hated Bonfire of the Vanities. He's the Pat Boone of social protest.
Thor
>Well, he may be :) We are talking the same Tom Wolfe, right? Bonfire of
>the Vanities?
>
>Thanks for the title, I'll hunt it down sometime. I know reading ONE
>book by any author is a bit unfair so far as forming some kind of opinion
>of them...
>
>Jim Rovira
>Check out "Up Against the Wall" for links to numerous
>literature and writing resources on the internet.
>http://members.aol.com/antiutopia/main.htm
>
>On Tue, 29 Jun 1999 14:25:39 -0700 (PDT) Thor Cameron
><my_colours@hotmail.com> writes:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Gawd I wish I could share anyone's enthusiasm for Hunter S. Thompson.
> > I
> >>admit I've only read...eh...the Las Vegas thing. What was it? Fear
> >and
> >>Loathing in Las Vegas. There you go.
> >
> >Try Fear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail. Great stuff. I love
> >Thompson
> >because he reminds me, in a very in-your-face way, not to trust the
> >illusions that others set up around me. Pynchon does this in a more
> >high-brow way, as does Rand, but it's important to me to remember to
> >question everything, & HST does it in a most audacious way.
> >I'm sorry, can't hang with Wolfe. It seem to me the only thing he's
> >saying
> >is: "I'm Tomas Wolfe. Shut up and get me a double martini."
> >He's just WAY to in love with himself.
> >
> >Thor
> >
> >
> >
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