Okay, this has been on my ass for about 25 years, now.

[Doktor Howl]

Tom Wolfe was a fucking hack.

There.  I said it.

I feel better, now.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Had to look him up on the wikcyclopedia.

Apparently not someone I likely would have read anyway.

[Doktor Howl]

Had to look him up on the wikcyclopedia.

When I was just a little girl, you couldn't count yourself as being educated unless you'd read his drivel and pretended that it was profound.

He was sort of like RAW...Rip off someone else's act (HST's, in this case), and then make yourself the central "authority" on the subject at hand.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Had to look him up on the wikcyclopedia.

When I was just a little girl, you couldn't count yourself as being educated unless you'd read his drivel and pretended that it was profound.

He was sort of like RAW...Rip off someone else's act (HST's, in this case), and then make yourself the central "authority" on the subject at hand.

And wear a white suit?

[Doktor Howl]

Had to look him up on the wikcyclopedia.

When I was just a little girl, you couldn't count yourself as being educated unless you'd read his drivel and pretended that it was profound.

He was sort of like RAW...Rip off someone else's act (HST's, in this case), and then make yourself the central "authority" on the subject at hand.

And wear a white suit?

Yes.  While explaining the hippie scene to Italians.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Had to look him up on the wikcyclopedia.

When I was just a little girl, you couldn't count yourself as being educated unless you'd read his drivel and pretended that it was profound.

He was sort of like RAW...Rip off someone else's act (HST's, in this case), and then make yourself the central "authority" on the subject at hand.

And wear a white suit?

Yes.  While explaining the hippie scene to Italians.

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

I always thought the white suit was because he fancied himself a modern day (drug addled maybe?) Mark Twain.  

The only books of his I really remember was 'The Right Stuff' about the astronauts? I think, I remember the movie better.  

And of course 'Bonfire of the Vanities' which was just  

I always had the impression he thought a great deal of himself.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Oh, THAT guy.

I never could bring myself to read anything he wrote. It just repelled me.

[Doktor Howl]

I always thought the white suit was because he fancied himself a modern day (drug addled maybe?) Mark Twain.  

The only books of his I really remember was 'The Right Stuff' about the astronauts? I think, I remember the movie better.  

And of course 'Bonfire of the Vanities' which was just  

I always had the impression he thought a great deal of himself.

His shit from 1968-1972 was fucking TERRIBLE.  "The Electric Koolaid Acid Test" was an unreadable pile of LOOK AT ME.

[Doktor Howl]

Oh, THAT guy.

I never could bring myself to read anything he wrote. It just repelled me.

He was the CHRISTIAN BLUE WINTERHAWK of the 70s.

[Suu]

Tom Wolfe was a fucking hack.

There.  I said it.

I feel better, now.

Thank you!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Oh, THAT guy.

I never could bring myself to read anything he wrote. It just repelled me.

He was the CHRISTIAN BLUE WINTERHAWK of the 70s.

Harsh!

[Luna]

Tom Wolfe was a fucking hack.

There.  I said it.

I feel better, now.

Had to read some of that shit for school.  Wanted to claw my eyes out with a spork.

[Cain]

Tom Wolfe reminds me of an early version of Martin Amis, for some reason.

That is not a flattering comparison, by the way.

Cain,
can't stand Amis

[hooplala]

I rather liked Bonfire of the Vanities.  And his artwork is nice.  Beyond that, I have no opinion.