As you've likely noticed by the glut of Palimpsest references and "Boys kiss girls, Lisa" quotes flying around today, author Gore Vidal passed away last night due to complications from pneumonia at the age of 86. But he'll forever live on, not only in his writing and Family Guy reruns, but also in the most modern of art forms: GIFs. Here are 15 famous authors, whether poets or novelists, who have been immortalized in GIF form.
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How soon we forget about Sterling's Gold. (Via)
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Sorry, there’s no “s” at the end of Stephen Hawking.
what he said, also you could have done better with hitch. UFFORD WOULD HAVE!
Replace that Poe one with any of the dozens of Carl Sagan gifs and we’ll call this a success.
We couldn’t get a gif of John Cusack playing Poe in “The Raven”?