Comments on: Davos Newbies Home http://www.davosnewbies.com/2005/02/22/davos-newbies-home/ A year-round Davos of the mind, written since 1999 by Lance Knobel Sun, 20 Jun 2010 07:56:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Mark http://www.davosnewbies.com/2005/02/22/davos-newbies-home/comment-page-1/#comment-286 Mark Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.davosnewbies.com/?p=1260#comment-286 It's very dangerous to make predictions like that. ;) Let's just say HST speaks to many in my generation, in ways that Miller never did and never will. It’s very dangerous to make predictions like that. ;) Let’s just say HST speaks to many in my generation, in ways that Miller never did and never will.

]]> By: Lisa Williams http://www.davosnewbies.com/2005/02/22/davos-newbies-home/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Lisa Williams Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.davosnewbies.com/?p=1260#comment-287 I think the difference between Miller and Thompson is that Thompson started a movement, and Miller didn't. Sensible people could argue that Miller was a greater writer and artist. But I don't think that many people went to see a Miller play and then went home and said, "I'm going to write my own play." But a lot of people read HST and went out and committed journalism. It reminds me of the quip (which I can't remember the source of) about The Velvet Underground: Only 1,000 people bought their first record, but every one of them started a band." I think the difference between Miller and Thompson is that Thompson started a movement, and Miller didn’t.

Sensible people could argue that Miller was a greater writer and artist. But I don’t think that many people went to see a Miller play and then went home and said, “I’m going to write my own play.”

But a lot of people read HST and went out and committed journalism. It reminds me of the quip (which I can’t remember the source of) about The Velvet Underground: Only 1,000 people bought their first record, but every one of them started a band.”

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