tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post116546298096254897..comments2023-06-28T07:58:56.909-04:00Comments on PERGE MODO: Gore VidalTony Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091330901996916966noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1165885957815833002006-12-11T20:12:00.000-05:002006-12-11T20:12:00.000-05:00I think he is an old windbag who should just stay ...I think he is an old windbag who should just stay in bed with the sheets covering his weathered face.<BR/><BR/>His hatred of the administration overclouds common sense. How could we not have invaded Afghanistan? Yes, the enemy was there and needed to be dismantled.BJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16996040827829244016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1165626376335152122006-12-08T20:06:00.000-05:002006-12-08T20:06:00.000-05:00Well, I'm only on the first chapter so I can't chi...Well, I'm only on the first chapter so I can't chime in any feedback - at this point.Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700684032178380286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1165623131149639402006-12-08T19:12:00.000-05:002006-12-08T19:12:00.000-05:00"Palimpest" remains one of my favorite books... I ..."Palimpest" remains one of my favorite books... I was a bit apprehensive about the new book because of the NYT's review.<BR/><BR/>A friend in California (pack-rat that he is) sent me copies of letters that I had sent him in 1985. It was a wonderful trip down memory lane, and while I remember most of the stories, I'd forgotten the details. Jeez, I was witty and non-chalant at one time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1165545534204025012006-12-07T21:38:00.000-05:002006-12-07T21:38:00.000-05:00It's really awful that a publishing house would pu...It's really awful that a publishing house would publish the work of someone who has given so much to so many without the benefit of even basic line by line editing.A Bear in the Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11013721650938158869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1165529641159738712006-12-07T17:14:00.000-05:002006-12-07T17:14:00.000-05:00I just re-read Faulkner's "The sound and the fury"...I just re-read Faulkner's "The sound and the fury". Although intentional in that case, it reminded me how almost incomprehensible an unedited (written) stream of consciousness can be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1165527924653029282006-12-07T16:45:00.000-05:002006-12-07T16:45:00.000-05:00I devoured the book over Thanksgiving weekend and ...I devoured the book over Thanksgiving weekend and agree with your assessment. I guess I was hoping <I>Point-to-Point</I> would pick up right where <I>Palimpsest</I> left off. I'm trying to be a grown-up and let Gore be who is now. (He's eighty, not eighty-five, by the way.)<BR/><BR/>I sobbed a bit during the description of Howard's decline and death, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1165516889167941242006-12-07T13:41:00.000-05:002006-12-07T13:41:00.000-05:00I hope that you took them up on Muriel Spark!I hope that you took them up on Muriel Spark!R J Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06925072280945666069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1165515593166846612006-12-07T13:19:00.000-05:002006-12-07T13:19:00.000-05:00Boy, I can't tell you the number of times I've res...Boy, I can't tell you the number of times I've resorted to melismetic rambling.<BR/><BR/>Really, I can't.dpastehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10813652943621759603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1165507224571934142006-12-07T11:00:00.000-05:002006-12-07T11:00:00.000-05:00Good grief! That reads, almost as incomprehensive...Good grief! That reads, almost as incomprehensively, as my blog was written that, way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1165502972125356392006-12-07T09:49:00.000-05:002006-12-07T09:49:00.000-05:00Perhaps when we write, it's as though the mind giv...Perhaps when we write, it's as though the mind gives permission to somewhat "let go" of that memory because it now exists in concrete form. We sublimate it in the written recounting. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps too, Mr. Vidal's lack of focus in this second book reflects his present mindset. Maybe as we age, instead of a clear, directed sense of focus which has a semblance of purpose, our memories, like our lives, have no need for that kind of linnear order. They exist in their own right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1165478573093843042006-12-07T03:02:00.000-05:002006-12-07T03:02:00.000-05:00Although Mr. Vidal may unfortunately lack an edito...Although Mr. Vidal may unfortunately lack an editor, judging by his adroit fielding of unrehearsed questions last night in Los Angeles during an hour and a half public interview, his faculties, if not his body, remain intact. His quick wit was as evident as his admirable and inspiring knowledge of American history. His gift as a mimic, of the voices of JFK, of Churchill, and Roosevelt, is also undiminished.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8139328.post-1165469413499646372006-12-07T00:30:00.000-05:002006-12-07T00:30:00.000-05:00Socrates portrays writing as a destructive outsour...Socrates portrays writing as a destructive outsourcing of memory in the Phaedrus...<BR/>The Perseus Project isn't working but I did find this handy link:<BR/>http://virtual.park.uga.edu/~amitchel/writingandmemory-L.htmXXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14208639257190934532noreply@blogger.com