Music Banter - The Rest in Peace Thread (RIP)

He was an excellent writer but I don't like how he's associated with journalism tbh, he has too much commentary and embellishment. Not that that's bad, it's just not journalistic. I view his books more as fiction influenced by true stories than non-fiction books.

You must hate Hunter then...

Frownland

05-18-2018 11:29 AM

As a journalist? Yes. I love them both as writers, social commentators, and creative minds though.

Lisnaholic

05-18-2018 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 1952168)

^ It's true that anyone expecting the discipline of conventional journalism is gonna be pretty surprised by Tom Wolfe's approach. That's partly why he coined the term "New Journalism" for what some people were beginning to write.

Anyone by any chance read TW's "The Kingdom of Speech" or his last novels, "Back to Blood" or "Charlotte Summers" ? Turns out they're about the only books of his I haven't read: I must be more of a fanboy than I thought.

OccultHawk

05-20-2018 10:15 AM

RIP

Music Banter video clips.

OccultHawk

05-23-2018 08:55 AM

Phillip Roth

Trollheart

05-23-2018 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 1952941)

RIP

Music Banter video clips.

Reports of their demise have been greatly exaggerated...