When I woke up Saturday morning and opened up the computer the first thing I saw was that Norman Mailer had died at 84. I closed the computer, and didn't open it again until the next day. Norman Mailer was a hero of mine, and a lot of my heroes are starting to leave.
I admit that there are many issues that the both of us didn't agree on, but it doesn't matter anymore. He was one of those very few people, who would fearlessly write on what they believed in.
I spent part of Saturday trying to remember when I first heard the name, and when I read my first Mailer book. The book was "The Naked and theDead," written in 1948. I'm fairly certain I read it in 1969, when I was 16 or so.
I enjoyed reading his first book that I even anticipated for his upcoming new publications. I believe I have read every one of them. Whenever he would appear on television, I would usually sit back and watch him on TV. He was a very interesting person indeed, and that makes him rather different among other writers, and personalities on TV.
It was on Charlie Rose when I last saw him. There was also another show wherein he appeared, but then, I couldn't remember what was it called. As for Norman Mailer by that time, he had hard hearing, but was amazingly full of high spirits. It's rather disappointing that the shows didn't spare him too much time to appear on air.
Perhaps his politics are the last thing I liked about him, but I have forgiven him years ago. There was a big gap between Norman and many other liberals, and that is because he strongly believed in the things that are worth defending. He believed his own ideas.
There were also instances when Mailer was savaged by the New York publications and critics. But he didn't care two hoots in hell. They just kept writing and speaking against him.
I enjoyed his last book, The Castle In The Forest, and he had plans for a trilogy of the work on Hitler.
When I heard that on Charlie Rose I was excited.
The very day he died it was when I felt a heavy disappointment. There would be no trilogy, another hero long gone.
But on Sunday I felt better. Norman Mailer would have defended your right to protect yourself. He knew where all the weasels in his chosen party were. I doubt he had any respect for them, because he knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that they had no courage at all, that they were, and are paper tigers.
He knew because he had the guts to put himself on the line all the time, whenever he was writing or speaking.
He was a real man and a brave man. He was Norman Mailer, one of the very few.
I think I could imagine how heaven is doing right now, with Norman Mailer around.
If there's somebody who could just keep God on his toes, then the perfect man for that job would be no other than Norman Mailer. - 15252
I admit that there are many issues that the both of us didn't agree on, but it doesn't matter anymore. He was one of those very few people, who would fearlessly write on what they believed in.
I spent part of Saturday trying to remember when I first heard the name, and when I read my first Mailer book. The book was "The Naked and theDead," written in 1948. I'm fairly certain I read it in 1969, when I was 16 or so.
I enjoyed reading his first book that I even anticipated for his upcoming new publications. I believe I have read every one of them. Whenever he would appear on television, I would usually sit back and watch him on TV. He was a very interesting person indeed, and that makes him rather different among other writers, and personalities on TV.
It was on Charlie Rose when I last saw him. There was also another show wherein he appeared, but then, I couldn't remember what was it called. As for Norman Mailer by that time, he had hard hearing, but was amazingly full of high spirits. It's rather disappointing that the shows didn't spare him too much time to appear on air.
Perhaps his politics are the last thing I liked about him, but I have forgiven him years ago. There was a big gap between Norman and many other liberals, and that is because he strongly believed in the things that are worth defending. He believed his own ideas.
There were also instances when Mailer was savaged by the New York publications and critics. But he didn't care two hoots in hell. They just kept writing and speaking against him.
I enjoyed his last book, The Castle In The Forest, and he had plans for a trilogy of the work on Hitler.
When I heard that on Charlie Rose I was excited.
The very day he died it was when I felt a heavy disappointment. There would be no trilogy, another hero long gone.
But on Sunday I felt better. Norman Mailer would have defended your right to protect yourself. He knew where all the weasels in his chosen party were. I doubt he had any respect for them, because he knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that they had no courage at all, that they were, and are paper tigers.
He knew because he had the guts to put himself on the line all the time, whenever he was writing or speaking.
He was a real man and a brave man. He was Norman Mailer, one of the very few.
I think I could imagine how heaven is doing right now, with Norman Mailer around.
If there's somebody who could just keep God on his toes, then the perfect man for that job would be no other than Norman Mailer. - 15252
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