/lit/ - Literature

>>18982164

>>7190766


>Stranger in a Strange Land
Agreed. He was on par with Ayn Rand in terms of self-indulgent mental masturbation.

>all those books he read at age 8-15
>i only read fantasy shit until i was 18

>>5254264
>I found essentially the same Noam whom I had met 40 years earlier. No interest in small talk. Self-deprecation.
>And, as 40 years earlier, I was above all struck by his unrelenting work. He spent almost all his time reading, writing, being interviewed in person or over the telephone, speaking and, in an act of generosity for which he is particularly known, continually answering an unending stream of emails — often for as much as five or six hours a day.
>And, I discovered, he continued to speak widely all over the country and world, to the point where his schedule is usually filled up years in advance. At age 82 he kept a schedule that would overwhelm someone 40 years younger.
>I was also struck by his asceticism. When I telephoned him I realized he had the same phone number and lived in the same modest suburban home as he had 40 years ago. He wears jeans, and has virtually no interest in food or material possessions. He is periodically visited by friends and family, but engages in no other leisure-time activities.


>you'll never be like that