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Myra's personality is altered by her sex change operation and Myron is transported back through time to the year 1948
By Edgar Box (contributor) and Gore Vidal

Paperback:

9780394754444 | Random House Inc, July 1, 1987, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Myra's personality is altered by her sex change operation and Myron is transported back through time to the year 1948

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The author offers his personal impressions of Venice, recounts its long history, and describes the paintings, sculpture, and architecture of the city

Hardcover:

9780671606916 | Reissue edition (Simon & Schuster, September 1, 1987), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: The author offers his personal impressions of Venice, recounts its long history, and describes the paintings, sculpture, and architecture of the city

Paperback:

9780671645366 | Reprint edition (Summit Books, September 1, 1987), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The author offers his personal impressions of Venice, recounts its long history, and describes the paintings, sculpture, and architecture of the city

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Presents twenty-three essays that examine the leadership of present-day America, from presidents to born-again Christians, as well as Vidal's thoughts on writers of today and yesteryear

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9780394570204 | Random House Inc, November 1, 1988, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Presents twenty-three new essays that examine the leadership of present-day America, from presidents to born-again Christians, as well as Vidal's thoughts on writers of today and yesteryear

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9780679725282, titled "At Home: Essays, 1982-1988" | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, January 1, 1990), cover price $12.00 | About this edition: Presents twenty-three essays that examine the leadership of present-day America, from presidents to born-again Christians, as well as Vidal's thoughts on writers of today and yesteryear

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Follows the career of Caroline Sanford, a brilliant and beautiful newspaper publisher who leaves Washington to become a Hollywood producer and movie star in the 1920s. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

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9780679602927 | Reprint edition (Modern Library, February 1, 1999), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Follows the career of Caroline Sanford, a brilliant and beautiful newspaper publisher who leaves Washington to become a Hollywood producer and movie star
9780394576596, titled "Hollywood: A Novel of America in the 1920's" | Random House Inc, January 1, 1990, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Follows the career of Caroline Sanford, a brilliant and beautiful newspaper publisher who leaves Washington to become a Hollywood producer and movie star

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9780375708756 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, July 1, 2000), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Follows the career of Caroline Sanford, a brilliant and beautiful newspaper publisher who leaves Washington to become a Hollywood producer and movie star.
9780345370136, titled "Hollywood: A Novel of America in the 1920's" | Reprint edition (Ballantine Books, January 1, 1991), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Follows the career of Caroline Sanford, a brilliant and beautiful newspaper publisher who leaves Washington to become a Hollywood producer and movie star

Product Description: "Wicked and provocative...Vidal's purview of Hollywood in one of its golden ages is fascinating." —Chicago TribuneIn his brilliant and dazzling new novel, Gore Vidal sweeps us into one of the most fascinating periods of American political and social change...read more

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780394581422 | Random House, March 1, 1990, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: "Wicked and provocative.

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Product Description: Vidal, Gore. Armageddon ? - Essays 1983-1987. London, Andre Deutsch, 1987. Octavo. VIII, 244 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following essays: Frederic Prokosch: The European Connection / Tennessee Williams: Someone to Laugh at the Squares with / Richard Nixon: Not The Best Man's Best Man / Vidalgate: by Andrew Kopkind / etc...read more

Hardcover:

9780233981567 | Andre Deutsch Ltd, December 1, 1990, cover price $19.92 | About this edition: Vidal, Gore.

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Product Description: "May well be the finest of contemporary novels about the capital."THE NEW YORKERFrom the New Deal to the McCarthy era, follow the lives of Blaise Sanford, the ruthless Washington newspaper tycoon...his son, Peter, a brilliant liberal editor both fascinated and repelled by the imperial city...read more

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9780345342362 | Reissue edition (Ballantine Books, July 1, 1991), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: "May well be the finest of contemporary novels about the capital.

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The author describes the blending of history and fiction characteristic of historical films against the background of his own experiences as a lifelong moviegoer

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9780674795860 | Harvard Univ Pr, September 1, 1992, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The author describes the blending of history and fiction characteristic of historical films against the background of his own experiences as a lifelong moviegoer

Paperback:

9780674795877 | Reissue edition (Harvard Univ Pr, March 1, 1994), cover price $9.95

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When network executives travel back in time in order to broadcast the crucifixion of Christ, they find their plans complicated by a cyberpunk hacker intent on erasing Christianity with a computer virus. By the author of Myra Breckenridge. 75,000 first printing. Tour.

Hardcover:

9780679416111 | Random House Inc, September 1, 1992, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: When network executives travel back in time in order to broadcast the crucifixion of Christ, they find their plans complicated by a cyberpunk hacker intent on erasing Christianity with a computer virus

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780679416968 | Random House, September 1, 1992, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: When network executives travel back in time in order to broadcast the crucifixion of Christ, they find their plans complicated by a cyberpunk hacker intent on erasing Christianity with a computer virus.

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The author of Burr and Lincoln summarizes his political views on the corruption in the United States, infusing his commentary with wit and insight. Original.

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9781878825001 | Odonian Pr, October 1, 1992, cover price $8.00 | About this edition: A collection of essays about the economic decline of the United States, and its political and military effects

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Gore Vidal's two related novels in a single volume, with a new introduction by the author. Myra Breckinridge arrives in Hollywood intending to prove that it is possible to work out in life all one's fantasies - and survive. And in 'Myron' she returns to battle it out with her eponymous alter ego.

Paperback:

9788497939331 | Italian edition edition (Debolsillo, March 30, 2006), cover price $12.95
9780349103655 | New edition (Gardners Books, April 22, 1993), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Gore Vidal's two related novels in a single volume, with a new introduction by the author.

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Vidal's black comic fantasy narrated by bisexual aviatrix Teddy Ottinger, with a new introduction by the author. The novel's satirical scrutiny encompasses laboratory-controlled genetics, ecological disaster, jet-set travel, entropy, Eastern religions, birth control, drugs, violence and feminism.

Paperback:

9780141180373 | Penguin USA, January 1, 1998, cover price $16.00
9780349103631 | New edition (Gardners Books, April 22, 1993), cover price $25.05 | About this edition: Vidal's black comic fantasy narrated by bisexual aviatrix Teddy Ottinger, with a new introduction by the author.
9780345278739 | Ballantine Books, March 1, 1979, cover price $2.50 | About this edition: Who is Kalki, and why is he planning to destroy the world -- and everything in it?

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9781888329018 | Homespun Productions, October 1, 1996, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: Bestselling author Gore Vidal joins the ranks of Penguin Classics.

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When a mortician appears on television to declare that death is infinitely preferable to life, he sparks a religious movement that quickly leaves Christianity and most of Islam in the dust. Gore Vidal's deft and daring blend of satire and prophecy, first published in 1954, eerily anticipates the excesses of Jim Jones, David Koresh, and the Heaven's Gate suicide cult.

Hardcover:

9780839825999 | Gregg Pr, July 1, 1980, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: When a mortician appears on television to declare that death is infinitely preferable to life, he sparks a religious movement that quickly leaves Christianity and most of Islam in the dust.

Paperback:

9780141180397 | Penguin Classics, January 1, 1998, cover price $17.00
9780349103648 | New edition (Gardners Books, April 22, 1993), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Gore Vidal's satirical fantasy, with a new introduction by the author.
9780345339171 | Reissue edition (Ballantine Books, June 1, 1987), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: When a mortician appears on television to declare that death is infinitely preferable to life, he sparks a religious movement that quickly leaves Christianity and most of Islam in the dust.

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A satiric look at the state of the union centers on a relocated Duluth and its assorted politicians, policemen and women, terrestrial and extraterrestrial aliens, Hispanics, feminists, mobsters, and other minorities

Hardcover:

9780394527383 | Random House Inc, November 1, 1985, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A satiric look at the state of the union centers on a relocated Duluth and its assorted politicians, policemen and women, terrestrial and extraterrestrial aliens, Hispanics, feminists, mobsters, and other minorities

Paperback:

9780141180427 | Penguin USA, May 1, 1998, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A satiric look at the state of the union centers on a relocated Duluth and its assorted politicians, policemen and women, terrestrial and extraterrestrial aliens, Hispanics, feminists, mobsters, and other minorities
9780349103624 | New edition (Gardners Books, April 22, 1993), cover price $19.75 | About this edition: Gore Vidal's witty and radical novel, with a new introduction by the author.
9780345312204 | Reprint edition (Ballantine Books, July 1, 1991), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: This satiric look at the state of the union centers on a relocated Duluth and its assorted politicians, policemen, and women, terrestrials and extraterrestrial aliens, hispanics, feminists, mobsters, and other minorities
9788401360534 | Lectorum Pubns, June 1, 1984, cover price $9.50

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A new paperback edition of the National Book Award-winning collection includes Gore Vidal's most noted essays on post-war America and its intellectual and political life during a time of upheaval, and provides insight into his humorous and uncompromising beliefs. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780679414896, titled "United States: Essays, 1952-1992" | 1 edition (Random House Inc, August 1, 1993), cover price $37.50 | About this edition: In an anthology of more than one hundred essays, representing forty years of commentary, observations, and profiles, the author shares his views on American politics, culture, literature, and personalities

Paperback:

9780767908061, titled "United States: Essays, 1952-1992" | Broadway Books, May 1, 2001, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: In an anthology of more than one hundred essays, representing forty years of commentary, observations, and profiles, the author shares his views on American politics, culture, literature, and personalities.
9780349105246, titled "United States Essays 1952-1992" | Abacus, July 1, 2000, cover price $19.95
9780679755722 | Reissue edition (Random House Inc, June 1, 1995), cover price $23.00 | About this edition: A paperback edition of the 1994 National Book Award winner includes Gore Vidal's most noted essays on post-war America and provides insight into his humorous and uncompromising beliefs.

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Gore Vidal's story of the faithful troubadour Blondel's search for Richard the Lionheart, kidnapped and held to ransom by Duke Leopold of Austria after the Third Crusade. It interweaves historical characters with giants, dragons, werewolves, libidinous ladies of the manor and a very nasty vampire.

Paperback:

9780349104744, titled "A Search for the King" | New edition (Gardners Books, September 23, 1993), cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Gore Vidal's story of the faithful troubadour Blondel's search for Richard the Lionheart, kidnapped and held to ransom by Duke Leopold of Austria after the Third Crusade.
9780345332721 | Reissue edition (Ballantine Books, August 1, 1986), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: A retelling of the thirteenth century saga in which the troubadour Blondel searches across the vast face of Europe for Richard the Lion-heart, taken prisoner during the Crusades by Duke Leopold

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Twentieth-century television networks compete murderously for exclusive rights to broadcast the Crucifixion, in an irreverent assault on religious, sexual, and commercial mores by the author of Lincoln. Reprint. 35,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo. NYT.

Paperback:

9780140231199 | Penguin USA, October 1, 1993, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: When network executives travel back in time in order to broadcast the crucifixion of Christ, they find their plans complicated by a cyberpunk hacker intent on erasing Christianity with a computer virus

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Product Description: Gore Vidal's reputation as America's finest essayist is an enduring one. This collection, chosen by the author from 40 years of work, contains about two-thirds of what he published in various magazines and journals. He has divided the essays into three categories, or states...read more

Hardcover:

9780233988320 | Gardners Books, October 14, 1993, cover price $38.60 | About this edition: Gore Vidal's reputation as America's finest essayist is an enduring one.

Contrasts the personalities, politics, and values of two men vying for the Presidency

Hardcover:

9780676589610 | Signed edition (Random House Inc, March 1, 1999), cover price $24.95
9780679602910, titled "Washington, D.C." | Reprint edition (Modern Library, February 1, 1999), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Contrasts the personalities, politics, and values of two men vying for the Presidency

Paperback:

9780349105277, titled "Washington Dc" | New edition (Gardners Books, April 2, 1994), cover price $19.80 | About this edition: This portrait of national politics from the New Deal to the McCarthy era, blends historical figures with fictional characters.

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Eight essays on the ultimate temptations of humankind include Thomas Pynchon on Sloth, John Updike on Lust, Gore Vidal on Pride, A. S. Byatt on Envy, and Joyce Carol Oates on Despair. Reprint. LJ.
By Thomas Pynchon (editor) and Gore Vidal

Hardcover:

9780688136901 | William Morrow & Co, September 1, 1994, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Essays by Thomas Pynchon, Mary Gordon, Gore Vidal, Joyce Carol Oates, and John Updike discuss the seven deadly sins, plus one, despair, the only unforgiveable sin

Paperback:

9780688146160 | Quill, February 1, 1996, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: Essays by Thomas Pynchon, Mary Gordon, John Updike, Gore Vidal, Richard Howard, A.

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First published in 1948, Vidal's early novel about homosexual life and the immersion of a regular American man in the gay subculture of New York and California is accompanied by seven early stories written during the 1950s. 12,500 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780679436997 | Random House Inc, June 1, 1995, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: The author's early novel about homosexual life and the immersion of a regular American man in the gay subculture of New York and California is accompanied by seven early stories written during the 1950s

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The author of Myra Breckenridge reminisces about his life, from his school days at St. Albans and Exeter to his rise as a literary superstar, and the famous people he has known, including the Kennedys, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Reprint. (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9780679440383 | Random House Inc, October 1, 1995, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Covers the author's life from his birth in 1925 West Point through his Washington boyhood, military career, homosexual life in the 1940s and 1950s, early television achievements, literary endeavors, and complicated family life

Paperback:

9780140260892 | Penguin USA, September 1, 1996, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: The author of Myra Breckenridge reminisces about his life, from his school days at St.

No Longer in Production.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781568266428 | Rhino Records, April 1, 1996, cover price $49.98 | About this edition: No Longer in Production.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781568266435 | Unabridged edition (Rhino Records, April 1, 1998), cover price $34.98

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Product Description: The Best Man crackles with the smart lines and situations inherent to the work of Gore Vidal. The political intrigues rampant in Vidals 1960 setting are strangly similar to the political intrigues of the present day. This darkly satirical drama finds two presidential contenders seeking the endorsement of an aging ex-president and explores how personal agendas can change the course of a nations destiny...read more

Paperback:

9780822215271 | Revised edition (Dramatist''s Play Service, June 1, 1996), cover price $9.00

CD/Spoken Word:

9781580812733 | Unabridged edition (L A Theatre Works, September 1, 2004), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: The Best Man crackles with the smart lines and situations inherent to the work of Gore Vidal.

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