Comments on: Norman Mailer, Outspoken Novelist, Dies at 84 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-outspoken-novelist-dies-at-84/ General interest observations and true web-log. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:19:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mutui http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-outspoken-novelist-dies-at-84/comment-page-1/#comment-869130 mutui Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:23:21 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=14473#comment-869130 I never studied him at school - I always assumed no one teaches him because it's simply uninspired popular fiction, much like Tom Wolfe. I never studied him at school – I always assumed no one teaches him because it’s simply uninspired popular fiction, much like Tom Wolfe.

]]> By: Johnson http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-outspoken-novelist-dies-at-84/comment-page-1/#comment-868966 Johnson Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:37:59 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=14473#comment-868966 I did not agree with some of his actions but his writing made me think. I found his artical in playboy this month on GOD very thaughtful. I didnot realise he was close to death. I did not agree with some of his actions but his writing made me think. I found his artical in playboy this month on GOD very thaughtful. I didnot realise he was close to death.

]]> By: John C Dvorak http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-outspoken-novelist-dies-at-84/comment-page-1/#comment-868113 John C Dvorak Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:23:51 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=14473#comment-868113 #9 -- not necessarily threes...but in bunches for sure. And it is mathematically valid if you know anything about random number theory which apparently you do not. #9 — not necessarily threes…but in bunches for sure. And it is mathematically valid if you know anything about random number theory which apparently you do not.

]]> By: Andrew Orhighski http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-outspoken-novelist-dies-at-84/comment-page-1/#comment-868078 Andrew Orhighski Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:59:09 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=14473#comment-868078 Mailer did seem to have been screwed up by being so successful at the age of twenty-five with "The Naked and the Dead." From then on he seemed to be trying too hard in everything he did and being a silly provocateur, sort of like Dvorak. Then again, Mailer did have the merit of being able to write coherently and obey grammar and spelling rules, unlike some journalists. :) Mailer did seem to have been screwed up by being so successful at the age of twenty-five with “The Naked and the Dead.” From then on he seemed to be trying too hard in everything he did and being a silly provocateur, sort of like Dvorak.

Then again, Mailer did have the merit of being able to write coherently and obey grammar and spelling rules, unlike some journalists. :)

]]> By: alfred http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-outspoken-novelist-dies-at-84/comment-page-1/#comment-867479 alfred Sun, 11 Nov 2007 04:32:19 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=14473#comment-867479 Mr. Dvorak --- do you really believe that stuff comes in threes? Whether you do or not, you just re-enforced a garbage, non-mathematical, non-scientific belief. Mr. Dvorak — do you really believe that stuff comes in threes? Whether you do or not, you just re-enforced a garbage, non-mathematical, non-scientific belief.

]]> By: Lauren the Ghoti http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-outspoken-novelist-dies-at-84/comment-page-1/#comment-867445 Lauren the Ghoti Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:56:21 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=14473#comment-867445 What, he wasn't dead already, the overrated, ego-tripping asshole? What, he wasn’t dead already, the overrated, ego-tripping asshole?

]]> By: Andrew Orlowski http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-outspoken-novelist-dies-at-84/comment-page-1/#comment-867307 Andrew Orlowski Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:36:41 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=14473#comment-867307 Mailer was a lot of fun. He was a trouble-making journalist who got tarred as being the big hope for "Serious American Culture" when he was very young. He knew it, but every time he got the chance to practice his true vocation, he got saddled with the myth. That's why a lot of his stuff reads badly. The novels (except for the fab potboiler American Dream) are psuedo-Bibilical garbage, Read Armies Of The NIght instead - and you get the smell of being there - as well as his sense of why he shouldn't be there, and the world going to hell in a handbasket. The PC/NYT crowd will ensure Mailer is buried in a concrete coffin, but I'd like to think of him kicking his way out. Mailer was a lot of fun.

He was a trouble-making journalist who got tarred as being the big hope for “Serious American Culture” when he was very young.

He knew it, but every time he got the chance to practice his true vocation, he got saddled with the myth. That’s why a lot of his stuff reads badly. The novels (except for the fab potboiler American Dream) are psuedo-Bibilical garbage,

Read Armies Of The NIght instead – and you get the smell of being there – as well as his sense of why he shouldn’t be there, and the world going to hell in a handbasket.

The PC/NYT crowd will ensure Mailer is buried in a concrete coffin, but I’d like to think of him kicking his way out.

]]> By: Tucson Gee http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-outspoken-novelist-dies-at-84/comment-page-1/#comment-867166 Tucson Gee Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:55:15 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=14473#comment-867166 Vonnegut already died. The next might be Gore Vidal. That would be your three, John. Vonnegut already died. The next might be Gore Vidal. That would be your three, John.

]]> By: douglass truth http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-outspoken-novelist-dies-at-84/comment-page-1/#comment-867155 douglass truth Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:51:14 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=14473#comment-867155 Cinaedh: Did you know Mr. Mailer? Cinaedh:

Did you know Mr. Mailer?

]]> By: Cormac McCarthy http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-outspoken-novelist-dies-at-84/comment-page-1/#comment-867133 Cormac McCarthy Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:24:28 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=14473#comment-867133 Crap. Mailer was a one-hit wonder (Naked/Dead) and the rest of his career was spent resting on his laurels. Crap. Mailer was a one-hit wonder (Naked/Dead) and the rest of his career was spent resting on his laurels.

]]> By: Balbas http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-outspoken-novelist-dies-at-84/comment-page-1/#comment-866921 Balbas Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:49:53 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=14473#comment-866921 The world will be a lesser place now that you've passed. Give 'em hell in heaven, Mr Mailer! The world will be a lesser place now that you’ve passed.

Give ‘em hell in heaven, Mr Mailer!

]]> By: moss http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-outspoken-novelist-dies-at-84/comment-page-1/#comment-866881 moss Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:02:26 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=14473#comment-866881 1st person I ever read who suggested there was nothing wrong with being a sociopath - when the society sucked! I still agree. 1st person I ever read who suggested there was nothing wrong with being a sociopath – when the society sucked!

I still agree.

]]> By: Cinaedh http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/11/10/norman-mailer-outspoken-novelist-dies-at-84/comment-page-1/#comment-866849 Cinaedh Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:43:29 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=14473#comment-866849 Norman, you were a real egomaniacal a$$hole but you did some great work. RIP. Norman, you were a real egomaniacal a$$hole but you did some great work. RIP.

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