preago (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Wolfe is a poor man's Vonnegut like Michael Johnson is a poor man's Usain Bolt. Very surprising to hear how he and fellow writers don't enjoy the process of writing. Happy Birthday Nov 11'th.

AhYaOk (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

I love Wolfe, but all that hard wired talk gave me a headache. I dont agree that anything is really hardwired, in the same way that that they thought that DNA was a set structure only to find that it changes or how light is both a wave and a partical. Its just not that simple.

0zyzzyz0 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

...and so it goes

0zyzzyz0 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Faulkner can be tuff read, but he packs enough of a whallop to make the effort worth while. I would recomment Breadfast of Champions as well. Don't bother with the movie version. God Bless You Mr Rosewater should keep you wanting to read more too. Hocus Pocus i actually didn't like. Cat's Cradle i've read three times - about once a decade. I'm due for another curl up with it.I've enjoyed Wolfe's beat influenced writings. Don't really know him beyond that but wasn't impressed here.

Bremerxxx (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is my favorite writer. I've loved everyone of his novels, essays, poems, and so on.

ArtMusicRepeat (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Except...Faulkner was fucking boring! :P

mrsmxyzptlk (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Wilson's spent most of his career at Harvard.

Kurtlane (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

I wonder if Edward O. Wilson from Harvard is the same Professor Wilson I had in UCLA genetics class in 1989 or 1990. He was a terrific professor, probably the best I ever had.

Kurtlane (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Tom Wolfe wrote that article in 1996, and this interview was made shortly after. So now, in 2008, where are we?Not much has changed. Creationists are spouting nonsense. Richard Dawkins wrote a stupid book in reaction to stupid creationists. The internet ties the world, yet Geographic locations, national boundaries and political processes matter more than ever. Instead of world peace, we are facing world war. Science keeps marching on, leaving people even farther behind. What a picture!

SavageHenry78 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

I read Slaughterhouse-Five in two days. You can't put something that good down easily. I also love all his short stories. There is something about a man with that kind of humor.