the haughty, vicious interchanges between Wolfe and Mailer are classic
― Joe Gargan (dandydonweiner), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 18:14 (five years ago) link
RIP
Vanities was when I got off the bus, but he was on fire for much of the 1960s
― Brad C., Tuesday, 15 May 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
rip -- i could never get much out of his later books but his classic stuff was great to discover as a teen. rick perlstein dismissed him on twitter as "the jordan peterson of the 70s," which kinda surprised me b/c i see a lot of echoes of wolfe's style in nixonland.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
He definitely calcified early and kept on calcifying. No use for his fiction. But his heyday stuff is fun to read.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 19:02 (five years ago) link
Mentioned upthread:
https://frinkiac.com/video/S12E03/IbdT3oyCmI4lj2Dbx5884F6AeGo=.gif
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 21:16 (five years ago) link
didn't believe in evolution!
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 May 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link
I did like this recent essay on how the 2008 financial crisis let Wall Street gracefully retire a generation of traders and executives whose testosterone was no longer as valuable in the age of quants.
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 17 May 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link
Just starting on this:
https://newrepublic.com/article/177571/tom-wolfe-electric-kool-aid-conservative
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 6 January 2024 20:09 (three months ago) link