[FullPuku]

 

[RUMAY408]

 

 
I prefer "God Is Not Great" but this is not a bad read either.  A true intellectual that will be missed.

 

[Andolink]

Brenna's memoir reads exactly like his novels and like them, is terrifically engaging.
 

 

[JoeDoe]

 

[magiccabbage]

 

[Magick Man]

I prefer "God Is Not Great" but this is not a bad read either.  A true intellectual that will be missed.

I thought of him as more of an angry bully, he was intelligent but I wouldn't deem him an intellectual.

 

[the wizard of oz]

Guy Delisle - Pyongyang

 

[Parall3l]

Just went and read 1984. I can see why it goes along with Brave New World.
 
 
 
 
 
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I thought of him as more of an angry bully, he was intelligent but I wouldn't deem him an intellectual.

 
Hitchens was too angry for my liking personally, but he wasn't half bad.

 

[gikigill]

   
Hitchens was too angry for my liking personally, but he wasn't half bad.

Just ordered Arguably.
 
Hitchens was admittedly intelligent but a bit too attacking, sort of a crocodile which has its teeth firmly in its prey and knows its done for but wont
 
relax until he is satisfied. He often seemed to have a very satisfied Cheshire Cat look about him

 
No mercy, no prisoners when it came to Hitch and it was even enjoyable sometimes to see him attack and tear the other party to shreds when they presented a poor argument.

 

[AbeFroman]

 
Just finished Ender's Game and started on this.  I should have read these books a long time ago!

 

[magiccabbage]

 
 
Just finished Ender's Game and started on this.  I should have read these books a long time ago!

 
ender series are great reads 

 

[Quinto]

I thought of him as more of an angry bully, he was intelligent but I wouldn't deem him an intellectual.

Angry or not has nothing to do with the term intellectual, which he most certainly was..

 

[Quinto]

 

[vid]

 
(Picture by the dude over there.)

 

[Magick Man]

Angry or not has nothing to do with the term intellectual, which he most certainly was..

Intellectuals take in differing opinions and embrace diversity WRT philosophical views, he did neither. Intelligent chap != Intellectual, his opinion of himself was overrated and what's worse, he made other atheists and agnostics look like angry children. Being a fellow humanist, I didn't appreciate the negative publicity that usually followed his tantrums.