[lbo-talk] Hitchens Reviews "Darkness At Noon"

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An insult to Koestler, who was a genuine scholar and
after his Comintern days, never a cheap polemicist.
The Sleepwalkers (e.g.) is a classic of history of
science. Far as I know K never made a habit of
toadying to the rich or justifying imperialist war,
either. David Horowitz, H's newfound friend, would
have revolted K. jks

--- Jim Farmelant <farmelantj at juno.com> wrote:


> 
> 
> On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:18:04 -0700 (PDT) Thomas Seay
> <entheogens at yahoo.com> writes:
> > 
> > --- paul childs <npchilds at shaw.ca> wrote:
> > http://slate.msn.com/id/2125929/
> > >did he just read a 58
> > > year old book or did he just emerge from the
> > > hooch-fog long enough to remember reading it
> > > sometime in the last 58 years?
> > 
> > I dont know, but Koestler was born in 1905, so I
> > imagine he reviewed it in honor of it being 100
> years
> > since the birth of the  author.
> 
> Just a few years ago, Hitchens would have us
> believe that he was the new Orwell. I guess
> now he would have us believe that he was
> the new Koestler, bravely standing up to
> the forces of "totalitarianism."  I suppose that
> he does have a few things in common with
> Koestler. Koestler had been a leftist
> and Marxist who came to reject Marxism.
> Hitchens is likewise an ex-leftist who
> has turned his back on Marxism and
> socialism. So they got that in common.
> Koestler had a fondness for strong
> drink.  Hitchens is likewise notorious
> for his fondness for the bottle.
> Koestler was noted for his fondness
> for brawling. Indeed, it has been said
> that he once engaged Albert Camus
> in fisticuffs.  Hitchens has probably
> soiled his pants, once or twice, when
> faced with the possibility of getting
> into a fist fight. 
> 
> Yes, I do believe that Hitchens is
> the Koestler of our time.  All that
> remains for him to do is to develop
> an interest in parapsychology. A
> little more strong drink should
> help out in that department too.
> 
> 
> > 
> > Thomas
> > 
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