The collection of his essays is really good. Covers a broad range of topics, very interesting writing, and you'll feel extraordinarily well-rounded after reading it. I haven't even finished it yet, but I'd definitely recommend it.
I just found about him this year, but reading him (specially his essays on "arguably" or stuff edited by him, like "the portable atheist") has inspired me not only to be more foursquare and vocal in my stance against the religion I apostatized from, but to rekindle my lukewarm, dormant and forlorn love for poetry and literature, he was an eloquent man, and he has inspired me to be eloquent (and proud of being circumloquent) again, despite my engineering degree and technical day-job.
The collection of his essays is really good. Covers a broad range of topics, very interesting writing, and you'll feel extraordinarily well-rounded after reading it. I haven't even finished it yet, but I'd definitely recommend it.
In honor of Christopher Hitchen's passing, read "Arguably" and see how he did this.
He's releasing a book of his essays. It's called Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens.
I just found about him this year, but reading him (specially his essays on "arguably" or stuff edited by him, like "the portable atheist") has inspired me not only to be more foursquare and vocal in my stance against the religion I apostatized from, but to rekindle my lukewarm, dormant and forlorn love for poetry and literature, he was an eloquent man, and he has inspired me to be eloquent (and proud of being circumloquent) again, despite my engineering degree and technical day-job.
Adieu, Hitch.