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“If satire is to be effective, the audience must be aware of the thing satirized.”

Book:Visit to a Small Planet: A Comedy Akin to a Vaudeville

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Visit to a Small Planet: A Comedy Akin to a Vaudeville

This novel is a blend of science fiction and comedy, offering a unique and critical look at human behavior and societal norms from an outsider's viewpoint. The story follows an alien who travels to Earth and experiences its peculiarities, leading to a series of humorous and thought-provoking encounters. more

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Gore Vidal

American writer, playwright, screenwriter, and critic. Known for his sharp political satire and profound historical insight, Vidal's work spans a variety of genres including novels, plays, screenplays, and criticism. more

“There is hardly an American male of my generation who has not at one time or another tried to master the victory cry of the great ape as it issued from the androgynous chest of Johnny Weissmuller, to the accompaniment of thousands of arms and legs snapping during attempts to swing from tree to tree in the backyards of the Republic.”

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Book:Reflections Upon a Sinking Ship. (1. Ed.)

Source: Reflections Upon a Sinking Ship. (1. Ed.)

“When Ronald Reagan's career in show business came to an end, he was hired to impersonate, first, a California governor and then an American president who would reduce taxes for his employers, the Southern and Western New Rich, much of whose money came from the defence industries. There is nothing unusual about this arrangement. All recent presidents have had their price-tags.”

Source: Imperial America: Reflections on the United States of Amnesia

“The last best hope of earth, two trillion dollars in debt, is spinning out of control, and all we can do is stare at a flickering cathode-ray tube as Ollie answers questions on TV while the press, resolutely irrelevant as ever, asks politicians if they have committed adultery. From V-J Day 1945 to this has been, my fellow countrymen, a perfect nightmare.”

“I find in most novels no imagination at all. They seem to think the highest form of the novel is to write about marriage, because that's the most important thing there is for middle-class people.”

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Author:Gore Vidal

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