Gore Vidal: The Old Lion Can Still Growl

I must have been 13 or 14 when I read my first Gore Vidal novel, an SF tale called Messiah. It was about a death cult that arises in the US and takes over the word. Since then I've read a lot of his other fiction, and much of his nonfiction.

He's a fine writer, able to work in many genres: SF, historical fiction, screenplays, satire. If you haven't discovered him yet, you have a treat (and a shock) coming.

Vidal is appealing because he's very smart, knows more than you or I ever will, and honestly doesn't give a damn what you or I think about anything. Here's an interview with him, published on June 15 in The New York Times: Questions For Gore Vidal - Literary Lion.