Christopher Hitchens

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born

in Portsmouth, England, The United Kingdom

April 13, 1949

died

December 15, 2011

genre

Nonfiction, Politics, Religion & Spirituality

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Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, George Orwell, Oscar Wilde, Noam Choms ...more

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"Christopher Eric Hitchens (April 13, 1949 – December 15, 2011) was an English-born American author, journalist and literary critic. He was a contributor to Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, World Affairs, The Nation, Slate, Free Inquiry and a variety of other media outlets. Hitchens was also a political observer, whose best-selling books — the most famous being god Is Not Great — made him a staple of talk shows and lecture circuits. He was also a media fellow at the Hoover Institution.

Hitchens was a polemicist and intellectual. While he was once identified with the Anglo-American radical political left, near the end of his life he embraced some arguably right-wing causes, most notably the Iraq War. Formerly a Trotskyist and a fixture in the left...more

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Wine Drinkers of the World, Unite

The other night, I was having dinner with some friends in a fairly decent restaurant and was at the very peak of my form as a wit and raconteur. But just as, with infinite and exquisite tantalizations, I was approaching my punch line, the most incredible thing happened. A waiter appeared from nowhere, leaned right over my shoulder and into the middle of the conversation, seized my knife and fo...

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Christopher Hitchens's Books

Average rating: 4.03 · 137,481 ratings · 8,232 reviews · 34 distinct works · Similar authors

	God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 32,654 ratings — published 2007 — 54 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever by Christopher Hitchens (Editor), Titus Lucretius Carus (Contributor), Omar Khayyám (Contributor) 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 6,814 ratings — published 2007 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hitch-22: A Memoir 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 6,153 ratings — published 2010 — 31 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mortality 4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 4,861 ratings — published 2012 — 23 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arguably: Selected Essays 4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 2,993 ratings — published 2011 — 20 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters to a Young Contrarian 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 2,683 ratings — published 2001 — 18 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 2,162 ratings — published 1995 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Orwell Matters 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 1,174 ratings — published 2002 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thomas Jefferson: Author of America 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 1,012 ratings — published 2005 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trial of Henry Kissinger 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 962 ratings — published 2001 — 19 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens

tags: atheism, reason, science, skeptic

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“Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods.”
― Christopher Hitchens, The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever

tags: affection, atheism, cats, dogs, food, god, pets, religion, shelter, water

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“Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.”
― Christopher Hitchens

tags: books, christopher-hitchens, humour, literature, writing

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